ELLoquence
Brenda Huey-Rosas
714-234-2752
bhueyrosas@fairmontschools.com
Pete Chavez
714-234-2753
pchavez@thesysintl.com
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VIS-Net Schools
• ELLoquence description
– ELLoquence is a complete curriculum for ELLs in grades 6-12,
developed by Thesys International for our own schools at Fairmont
Education Group. It supports ELL students for pre-academic and
academic learning in Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking.
– It meets CCSS and WIDA standards, driven by Research-Based
Instructional Strategies, for use in classrooms with students at one
or more levels of English proficiency or Self-Study
• Our initial questions…
– What is your biggest challenge in supporting the ELL population?
– What are your goals, strategies for the ELL population in 2016?
– How many ELLs in your program today?
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ELLoquence by Thesys
• Fairmont Education Group
– Four K-12 Schools in SoCal
• 2,000+ Students
• 400+ ELL Students
• Challenges in our schools
– Time to achieve proficiency
in English
– Readiness for academic
classes
– Multi-level classrooms
• Our Solution: ELLoquence.
– Utilized today by 1370 ELLs in
public and private schools
throughout the USA…and
growing
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ELLoquence Highlights
• Complete curriculum for ELLs in grades 6-12
– Pre-Academic: Foundational Skills
– Academic : Basic, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• Includes Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking elements
– Aligned to CCSS and WIDA standards
– Research-Based Instructional Strategies:
• Content Based Instruction (CBI)
• Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
– Designed to be used in classrooms with students at one or more levels
of English proficiency or Self-Study
– Assessment tests provided for student placement
• Curriculum accessed via the Blackboard LMS
– High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech environments supported
• Teacher’s role: Instructor, facilitator, coach
• Support includes PD, Teacher Mentor and Help Desk
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ELLoquence Curriculum Alignment
Proficiency Levels to External Benchmarks
External Benchmarks
Proficiency Descriptor
CCSS- CCSS-
ELLoquence
Level
Mainstream
(Blended)
Advanced
(ELD 4)
Intermediate
(ELD 3)
Beginning
(ELD 2)
Basic
(ELD 1B)
Foundations
(ELD 1A)
ELA
ELD
Grade level ready for written and spoken
language:
• In reading and writing.
• In content areas.
ELA
9-12
•
•
•
•
ELA 8
Bridging
• Can write and speak English in paragraphs
with varying sentences.
• Learning specific language and vocabulary in
content areas.
ELA
6-7
Bridging
• Can write and read English in expanded
sentences and simple paragraphs.
• Learning general and some specific language
for content areas.
ELA
4-5
Expanding
• Can speak and write English in short and
simple sentences.
• Learning basic English vocabulary and usages.
ELA
2-3
Entering
• Limited ability to read and write English, even
in simple sentences.
• Learning basic communications skills and
vocabulary.
ELA
K-1
Entering
Can write and read full essays.
Can speak with main ideas and support.
English speaker with pronunciation issues.
Learning specific vocabulary in content areas.
WIDA
TOEFL
SLATE
Lexile
6
75-97
5.0-6.0
10501385L
52-74
4.0-4.9
10101185L
38-51
3.0-3.9
9201120L
26-37
2.0-2.9
7401010L
17-25
1.0-1.9
420820L
0-16
0.0-0.9
190530L
REACHING
5
BRIDGING
4
EXPANDING
3
DEVELOPIN
G
2
BEGINNING
1
ENTERING
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Structure of ELLoquence Curriculum
Course Title
Level
Foundational Skills
Basic
Subject
Themes
# Units
ELD 1A Basic Communication
Skills
Letter Recognition, Greetings, Family,
School Life/Activities, Money, Food,
Feelings, Places, Directions,
Communities
10 Units
ELD 1B English
World Landmarks, Creative Writing,
Environmental Science, and American
Culture
16 Units
History
American and World History, Macro and
Micro Economics
16 Units
Science
Physiology, Biology, Chemistry, Physics
16 Units
Beginner
ELD 2
English, History,
Science
3 per Subject
27 Units total
Intermediate
ELD 3
English, History,
Science
3 per Subject
27 Units total
Advanced
ELD 4
English
3 per Subject
8 Units total
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Foundational Skills
Unit
Content Vocabulary
1. Hello, My Name Is...
 Greetings, introductions, family, numbers/number words
2. School
 School words, colors, sizes and shapes
3. My School Day
4. Activities
 Time, days of the week, school subjects, school places and
workers
 School activities, outdoor activities, sports, hobbies
5. Food & Money
 Food, money
6. Locations
 Parts of a book, locations
7. Feelings
 Parts of the body, health words, feelings
8. Weather & Clothing
 Clothing, sequence words, weather
9. Communities
 People and places in a community; products; transportation,
location
 Seasons and seasonal activities, months
10. Holidays & Seasons
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Unit Themes by Course
English, Creative Writing,
Culture
Various World Landmarks
Authors of Popular Fiction
Endangered Species
Reality TV
History, Economics
American Holidays
WWII
Money in America
Shopping in America
Beginner
Various World Landmarks
World Authors
Air Pollution
American Presidents
Ancient Civilizations
Housing and the economy
Intermediate
Various World Landmarks
Parenting
Water Pollution
America Today
Early American History
Famous Empires
Oil and Gasoline
Green Chemistry
Physics concepts
Advanced
Various World Landmarks
Authors of Literature
Protected Areas of the world
NA
NA
Basic
Science
Vitamins and Minerals
Three States of Matter
Temperature
Systems of the Body
Inventors
Chemical Processes
Newton’s Laws
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Unit Flow
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•
•
•
•
Essential Question
Schema Building
New Material
Practice
Assess
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Course Demo
Short demo available at…
Thesys.blackboard.com
Username: ellteacher
Password: ellteacher
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Prep ISEPA Fall 2015 Results
(n = 71 students)
Reading
Writing
30
35
25
30
25
20
20
15
28
22
10
5
0
15
19
10
5
2
0
Fall 2015
30
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2
Fall 2015
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ELLoquence 2013/2014 Results
100%
(ISEPA – 67 new entrants - before/after - 2014)
2%
90%
80%
70%
60%
49%
51%
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
50%
83% Reclassified
to Mainstream
40%
30%
37%
43%
20%
Beginner
Intermediate
10%
0%
10%
Basic
6%
Beginner
2%
After 2nd Semester
At Start
<15
15-24
25-39
>40
ISEPA from Fairmont
ELLoquence 2012/2013 Results
100%
4%
Advanced
90%
80%
70%
60%
60%
Beginner
52%
56%
Intermediate
Intermediate
50%
40%
30%
20%
40%
10%
Basic
40%
Beginner
40%
Beginner
8%
0%
At Start
After 1st Semester
<1.5
1.5-2.4
2.5-3.9
After 2nd Semester
>4.0
SLATE from ITEP
The ELLoquence Product Suite
ELLoquence
Classic
ELLoquence
Core
ELLoquence
PLUS
Test Prep
Tutoring
Grading Student Work
Instructional Support
• Curriculum
• Placement testing
• On-boarding
• Help desk
• Curriculum
• Placement testing
• On-boarding
• Help desk
• Student dashboards,
analytics
• Program, Process
coaching
• Curriculum
• Placement testing
• On-boarding
• Help desk
• Student dashboards,
analytics
• Program, Process
coaching
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ELLoquence Product Suite
Product
Service Type
Audience
Curriculum to learn English via academic content
• Placement, Unit and Formative assessments (authentic
assessments)
• On-boarding support, Help desk
• ELLs in blended, pull-in,
push-out, IS
Additional curricular content to support EL students in social
studies/science/math mainstream or sheltered classes
• Key content at lower level of reading
• ELLs in mainstream
Analysis of performance data by student, class, school, district.
Reported for proficiency in reading, writing, listening, speaking by
level.
Teacher mentor/Master teacher consultative relationship.
Measures based on results for ELLoquence assignments .
• Administrators
• Teachers
Instructional Support
Ongoing PD for teachers to assist them in meeting academic
needs of ELL students - interactive classroom activities, use of
tech, Instructional strategies, teach ELLs in mainstream, the
cultural context of immigrant students, custom alignment to
existing classroom curriculum.
Asynch and Synch. Just-in-time.
• New ELL teachers
• Experienced ELL
teachers
• Mainstream teachers
w/EL students
Tutoring
Group, individual tutoring w/native language speakers or ESL
teachers in key content areas or with support for EQ.
• All students
Grading Student Work
Grade student tests, papers and assignments with feedback (e.g.,
when no or not enough teachers).
• Teachers
Test Prep
Targeted instructional support focused on student preparation
for specific high-stakes testing.
• Intermediate and
Advanced students
• Curriculum
• Placement testing
• On-boarding
• Help desk
ELLoquence
• Student dashboards,
analytics
• Program, Process
coaching
ELLoquence
PLUS
Service Description
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Licensing Details and Pricing Options
• Individual student licenses allow access to any/all ELLoquence
courses (Foundational Skills, Basic, Beginner, Intermediate,
and Advanced) throughout the school year.
– OK to transfer license from student leaving to student entering
your program
– Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) included
– ISEPA placement tests to place students in ELLoquence provided
– Printing rights for all text in ELLoquence for use by your students
– Lesson plans provided for all ELLoquence Units
– 6 hours of Professional Development, either online or at
Anaheim, CA
• MSRP: $150 per student license, per school year
– Volume discounts start at 25+ licenses
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