LANGUAGE ACQUISITION DEPARTMENT
Structured English Immersion (SEI) Program Model
Rationale: To provide English Language Development (ELD) and sheltered content instruction to English Language
Learners.
Population Served: English Language Learners (ELLs) and English Language Learners after Reclassification
(ELLARs)
Classroom Structure: The SEI program requires that ELLs be taught separately for four hours of ELD instruction.
ELLs may receive sheltered content instruction in mainstream classrooms for the remainder of the day.
 Schools that qualify for an Individual Language Learner Plan (ILLP) exemption may combine ELLs with
mainstream students for all or part of the four hours.
Materials: District-adopted texts in English (See program chart)
Scope: The SEI program will be offered at each grade level in every school.
Curriculum: The Arizona State Standards, the English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards will be used as the
curriculum for the implementation of this program.
Language of Instruction: The language of instruction will be in English with primary language support.
Methodologies: English Language Development (ELD) is provided through the use of English as a Second Language
(ESL) instruction. Content is taught through the use of Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
instructional strategies.
Assessment: Student progress in English shall be assessed on an ongoing basis using the following assessments:
Grades K – 5: Avenues e-Assessment throughout the year.
Grades 6-8: Visions diagnostic, mid-book and end-of-book assessments
Grades 9-12: Students at the ELD I and ELD II level: Visions diagnostic, mid-book and end-of-book assessments
Elementary - Four Hour Model Description-English Language Development (ELD)
Subject
ELD
Oral Language Development
(Pre-Emergent, Emergent 45 min. Basic,
30 min. Intermediate 15 min.)
Reading (60 min)
Grammar (60 min)
Vocabulary (60 min)
Writing (Pre-Emergent, Emergent 15
min. Basic, 30 min. Intermediate 45
min.)
Materials
Hampton Brown, Avenues
 English At Your Command
 Phonics Alphachants (K)
 Phonics Street (1st-2nd)
 Reading Basics (3rd-5th)
 Kidspiration
 Online Leveled Book Finder
 e-Assessment
Instructional Time
4 hours of explicit ELD
instruction
Avenues is to be used for a minimum of 120 minutes. Other
supplementary materials may be included as long as Avenues
is the anchor text and New ELP Standards drive instruction.
Content Using SIOP
Subject
Materials
Instructional Time
Math
enVisions2011 Math, Everyday Mathematics, Investigations
in Number, Data and Space
45 mins.
Science/Social Studies/Art/PE/
Music
FOSS Kits
McGraw Hill, Adventures In Time and Place Other District
Materials
45 mins.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL
ELD I Reading
ELD I Writing
Visions Intro (or Basic)
Step by Step Writing 1
Very Easy True Stories
ELD I Grammar
Visions Intro (or Basic)
English in Action 1
ELD I Listen/Speak
Listening Advantage 1
World Link Intro
ELD II Reading
ELD II Writing
Visions Level A
Step by Step Writing 2
Visions Level A Reading Library**
Easy True Stories
ELD II Grammar
Visions Level A
English in Action 2
ELD II Listen/Speak
Listen Advantage 2 & 3
World Link 1
ELD III Lang Arts
ELD III Lang Arts
Visions Level B
ELD III Academic Read
True Stories in the News
Visions B Library
ELD III Academic Writ
Step by Step Writing 3
English in Action 3
ELD IV Lang Arts
ELD IV Lang Arts
Visions Level C
ELD IV Academic Read
More True Stories
Visions C Library
ELD IV Academic Writ
Step by Step Writing 3
English in Action 4
HIGH SCHOOL
ELD I Reading
ELD I Grammar
Elective Credit
Language Arts Credit
Visions Basic/Intro & Visions A
English in Action 1 & 2
ELD I Writing
Elective Credit
Composition Practice 1 & 2 Very
Easy/Easy True Stories
ELD I Listen/Speak
Elective Credit
Listening Advantage 1
World Link—Intro
ELD II Reading
ELD II Grammar
Elective Credit
Language Arts Credit
Visions Level B
Rethinking America 1
English in Action 3
ELD II Writing
Elective Credit
Great Sentences for Great
Paragraphs
Great Paragraphs for Great Essays
ELD II Listen/Speak
Elective Credit
Listening Advantage 2 / 3
World Link 1
ELD III Language Arts
ELD III Academic Read
ELD III Academic Writ
Elective Credit
Language Arts Credit
Edge Level B
Elective Credit
Edge Level B Library**
Rethinking America 2
Reading for Today 2 or
Active Skills for Reading 2
Elective Credit
Great Paragraphs for
Great Essays – 1st Sem.
Great Essays – 2nd Sem.
ELD IV Language Arts ELD IV L/A Support
Elective Credit
Language Arts Credit
Edge Level B (Units 5-8) or C
ELD IV Academic Read
Elective Credit
Edge Level B/C Library**
Rethinking America 3
Reading for Today 3 or
Active Skills for Reading 3
ELD IV Academic Writ
Elective Credit
Great Essays
Greater Essays
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ELD III L/A Support