Secondary ESOL

These resources assist teachers to plan learning for specific learning outcomes related to ELLP and the NZC

On the democracy road: social studies
Volcanoes: science
From history to idiom - D Day: ELIP Text, social studies
The living world: Eat or be eaten: science
Stage 2 Bamboo and Flax (PDF 5MB) : This is a teaching and learning resource to support ESOL provision for English language learners in years 7 - 12, who are at early Stage 2 ELLP (English Language Learning Progressions). It provides a scaffolded approach in teaching the basic skills of English through the topic of bamboo and flax. There are 41 suggested activities, which allow students to compare and contrast these beautiful and useful plants. The activities include OHT masters and a range of key strategies, for example, crosswords, cloze, text reconstruction, “Say it”, and Venn diagrams.
Microbes (PDF 3MB) : This is a teaching and learning resource to support ESOL provision for English language learners in years 7 - 12, who are at early Stage 2 ELLP (English Language Learning Progressions). It provides a scaffolded approach in teaching the basic skills of English through the topic of microbes. This unit focuses on the parts of a microscope, an overview of microbes, fungi-mushrooms, yeast, and mould. The topic is linked to the year 11 Science curriculum. There are 31 activities investigating key words and concepts. Strategies used include disappearing text, dictation, writing scientific explanations, and crosswords.

English

Newspapers: a supported learning unit: a teaching and learning sequence to support transactional writing, NZC levels 2-3.
Read away: a teaching and learning sequence to support close reading and transactional writing, NZC levels 3-6.
Writing for publication: a teaching and learning sequence to support poetic writing, NZC levels 4-6.
A letter of complaint and request for service (business letters): a teaching and learning sequence to scaffold writing.
Job application letters: a teaching and learning sequence to scaffold writing.
Letters requesting information: a teaching and learning sequence to scaffold writing.

Maths

Cart before the horse: a unit of work designed to assist ELLs to devise and use problem-solving strategies to explore situations mathematically.
Graph and table writing: a unit of work to scaffold understanding and writing graphs.
Money and percentage: a unit of work designed to assist ELLs to solve practical problems involving decimals and percentages.

Science

The material world - Chemistry (Word 467KB): a unit of work to scaffold some key chemistry vocabulary and the language of explanations.

Social Sciences

From the Flintstones to the Jetsons: technology: a unit of work to scaffold understanding of technological development and its impact on society.
Kiwi identity: a unit of work to scaffold speaking skills.

The Arts

NZQA English language unit standards home page containing links to current versions of the standards, assessment resources and exemplars of student work at the required level.
NCEA on English Online and materials on NZQA.

Published on: 23 May 2009

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