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English as a Second Language Curriculum
Proficiency Level: Novice
Grades: 6-8
UNIT : 3
Home Life, Family and Friends
Section
Page Number
Unit Title and Description with Learning Targets
Complete
Suggested List of Materials and Instructional Resources
Unit Academic Language - Functions and Forms (Task
Analysis)
Unit Assessments Checklist
Sample Unit Calendar
Unit Assessment Rubric
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ELP Level: Advanced Grade level: 6-8
ESOL UNIT# 1
Written by Roxanne LaForce, Dina Moritz, Karen Rash, Kathy Rager,
with help from Lena Baucum
October 28, 2013
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ESOL LEVEL: Novice
UNIT 1: Home Life, Family and Friends
Stage 1
Identify Desired Results
Unit
Description
GRADES: 6-8
Unit duration: 5 weeks
In this unit students will deliver a short presentation and write short narratives describing and
comparing their home, family, and friends. Students compare family members’ similarities and
differences. Compare routines of different family members. Discuss settings and characters in
simple paragraphs regarding a family.
Standards
ELP Standards:
 3, 8, 9, and 10
Language Functions:
 Describing People, Places and Things,
 Comparing and Contrasting
 Literary Analysis
Unit Goals
Students will be able
to present
information on a
variety of familiar
topics to an audience.
I can use the 3rd
person.
I can make eye
contact as I present.
Students will be able
to produce short
narratives on familiar
situations.
Students will be able to
describe people and
characters.
Students will be able to
describe location and
setting.
Students will be able to
compare people,
locations, and routines.
I can use the 3rd
person.
I can describe habits
and routines, and their
frequency.
I can use the 3rd person.
I can use the 3rd person.
I can use the 3rd person.
I can use adjectives,
with correct syntax, to
describe people.
I speak at a volume
I use time related
I can describe the
I can use adjectives,
with correct syntax, to
describe familiar
locations and settings.
I can use prepositions to
I can use comparatives
and superlatives to
compare people,
locations, and routines.
I can use words and
Learning
Targets
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ESOL UNIT# 1
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October 28, 2013
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that everyone in the
room can hear.
transition words
between ideas.
physical characteristics
of family and friends.
I can speak at a speed
that is easily to
understand.
I can use simple
chronology to organize
narratives.
I can describe the
personality of various
family members and
friends.
I can clearly
pronounce practiced
vocabulary.
I can use appropriate
posture and gestures
when presenting.
I can organize my
thoughts in a way that
supports my message.
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provide details about a
location or setting.
phrases to transition
between two people,
locations, or different
routines.
I can use and, but, so,
or, either, and however
to combine two simple
sentences.
I can organize my
thoughts in a way that
supports my message.
ESOL UNIT# 1
Written by Roxanne LaForce, Dina Moritz, Karen Rash, Kathy Rager, with help from Lena Baucum
October 28, 2013
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Stage 2
Assessment Evidence:
Academic Language (What language will students need to sound like experts?)
Key Vocabulary
Family
Language Scaffolding
Friends
Home
Routines
Sequencing Vocabulary
Transitions
Adjectives
Prepositional Phrases
Conjunctions
What evidence from formative and summative assessments should you collect to verify student learning?
Assessment
Tools:
Possible
Assessments
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 Rubric
 Assessment Checklist
Reading
Writing
ELP Level: Advanced Grade level: 6-8
ESOL UNIT# 1
Written by Roxanne LaForce, Dina Moritz, Karen Rash, Kathy Rager, with help from Lena Baucum
October 28, 2013
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Speaking
(Student
performance
based on
language
productive
skills).
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Listening
ELP Level: Advanced Grade level: 6-8
ESOL UNIT# 1
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Unit of Study Assessment Checklist
Student Name
Notes
5 POINT SCALE: Exceeds = 5; Proficient 4; Almost Proficient = 3; Limited = 2; Not Proficient = 1
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Superior
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ELP Level: Advanced Grade level: 6-8
Proficient
Emerging
Beginning
ESOL UNIT# 1
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Stage 3
Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction
SAMPLE UNIT CALENDAR
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*Pink text implies an assessed goal.
Day 1
Day 2
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Day 6
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Day 8
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ELP Level: Advanced Grade level: 6-8
ESOL UNIT# 1
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Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
OBJECTIVE
LANGUAGE
ACTIVITY
MATERIALS
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Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
OBJECTIVE
LANGUAGE
ACTIVITY
MATERIALS
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Day 11
Day 12
Day 13
Day 14
Day 15
OBJECTIVE
LANGUAGE
ACTIVITY
MATERIALS
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Day 16
Day 17
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Day 19
Day 20
OBJECTIVE
LANGUAGE
ACTIVITY
MATERIALS
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October 28, 2013
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Day 21
Day 22
Day 23
Day 24
Day 25
OBJECTIVE
LANGUAGE
ACTIVITY
MATERIALS
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October 28, 2013
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Superior
Additional Activities
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Grammar Teacher Cheat Sheet:
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ANCHOR CHARTS:
Texts:
Hair Sandra Cisneros
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ELP Level: Advanced Grade level: 6-8
ESOL UNIT# 1
Written by Roxanne LaForce, Dina Moritz, Karen Rash, Kathy Rager,
with help from Lena Baucum
October 28, 2013