This unique new perspective and method for teaching English Language Learners is the proven result of the author's community organizing career and his successful career in the classroom. • Provides over 50 original lessons for English Language Learners • Presents a five-step process teachers can use to increase student achievement • Offers many real-life examples, both in the author's voice and in the voices of students • Includes graphic organizers and diagrams, K-W-L charts, examples of student work, and reproducible handouts • Lists two appendices: one on educational technology and the other on the use of learning games .

1. Building strong relationships with students -- 2. Accessing prior knowledge through stories -- 3. Identifying and mentoring students' leadership potential -- 4. Learning by doing -- 5. Reflection.