ELLs in Middle & High School
This section includes a number of resources focused on English Language Learners (ELLs) in middle and high school. Topics include reading instruction for older students, content instruction, social and emotional issues, and college readiness.
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Featured Articles
- How to Support the Social-Emotional Needs of Middle/High School ELLs
- Tips for Educators of ELLs: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12
- Hooking Reluctant Readers
- Empowering Immigrant Youth
- Latino Student Success: Providing the Right Learning Opportunities
Blog Posts
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ELL parent engagement in Middle School
Graphic organizers
Answering guiding questions with middle school ELLs
Making connections: Creating an active & engaged reader
Instruction of key academic vocabulary with high school ELLs
Reading non-fiction text with high school ELLs
Strategies to preview vocabulary
Why Collaboration Matters
Rhythm of class
Bobbi Houtchens: Considerations for Adolescent ELLs (Part 4 of 4)
Writing a paragraph with high school ELLs
Brainstorming a journal assignment with high school ELLs
Books and Booklists
Guides and Toolkits
Research and Reports
- The Difficult Road for Long-Term English Learners
- Voices of Native Educators: Strategies that Support Success of Native High School Students
- Reparable Harm: Fulfilling the Unkept Promise of Educational Opportunity for California's Long Term English Learners.
- Building Capacity to Promote College- and Career Readiness for Secondary English Language Learners
- Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America
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ELL News
- Immigrant Youth, Refugees Find Support at This Seattle SchoolCrosscut| May 25, 2018
- Helping Newcomer English-Language Learners Earn High School DiplomasEducation Week| November 06, 2017
- 23 YA and Middle Grade Books to Honor Hispanic Heritage MonthSchool Library Journal| September 15, 2017
- More Than Half of Hispanic High School Students Take Advanced Placement Courses at Utah High SchoolKPCW (UT)| August 29, 2017