Amplifying the curriculum : designing quality learning opportunities for English learners

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This book presents an ambitious model for how educators can design high-quality, challenging, and supportive learning opportunities for English Learners and other students identified to be in need of language and literacy support. Starting with the premise that conceptual, analytic, and language practices develop simultaneously as students engage in disciplinary learning, the authors argue for instruction that amplifies—rather than simplifies—expectations, concepts, texts, and learning tasks. The authors offer clear guidance for designing lessons and units and provide examples that demonstrate the approach in various subject areas, including math, science, English, and social studies. This practical resource will guide teachers through the coherent design of tasks, lessons, and units of study that invite English Learners (and all students) to engage in productive, meaningful, and intellectually engaging activity.

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This book presents an ambitious model for how educators can design high-quality, challenging, and supportive learning opportunities for English Learners and other students identified to be in need of language and literacy support. Starting with the premise that conceptual, analytic, and language practices develop simultaneously as students engage in disciplinary learning, the authors argue for instruction that amplifies—rather than simplifies—expectations, concepts, texts, and learning tasks. The authors offer clear guidance for designing lessons and units and provide examples that demonstrate the approach in various subject areas, including math, science, English, and social studies. This practical resource will guide teachers through the coherent design of tasks, lessons, and units of study that invite English Learners (and all students) to engage in productive, meaningful, and intellectually engaging activity.

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Educating English learners in the 21st Century /George C. Bunch and Aida Walqui -- What is quality learning for English learners? / Aida Walqui and George C. Bunch -- Designing the amplified lesson / Aida Walqui -- Shakespeare's Macbeth: making powerful texts accessible and engaging English learners / Mary Schmida -- Investigating disease transmission: engaging English learners in phenomenon-based science lesson / Tomás Galguera, Catherine Lemmi, and Paola C. Martin -- Making slope a less slippery concept for English learners: redesigning mathematics instruction with rich interactions / Leslie Hamburger and Haiwen Chu -- Mapping a changing world view: designing learning experiences for English learners in social studies / Nicholas Catechis and Pía Castilleja -- What makes me who I am?: Engaging beginning-level English learners in quality learning / Lee Hartman and Elsa Billings -- Where the rubber meets the road: what teachers and students report when implementing high-quality learning designs for English learners / George C. Bunch, Heather Schlaman, and Sara Rutherford-Quach -- Developing teacher expertise to design amplified learning opportunities for English learners / Aida Walqui and George C. Bunch.