Differentiating Literacy for English Learners: A DVD and Instructional Booklet

To ensure every English learner learns and understands content area curriculum, the renowned author team of Carol Rothenberg and Douglas Fisher presents teachers and staff development trainers with Differentiating Literacy for English Learners: A DVD and Instructional Booklet. Their new DVD features eleven examples of exemplary content area instruction to help teachers implement effective lesson plans that include both content area objectives and language development–essential to learning content area coursework.

What makes Differentiating Literacy for English Learners DVD indispensable for content area teachers?

• Reveals how master teachers cover both content standards and language development in their content area instruction.
• Scaffolds lesson planning to identify how to make content area learning more accessible for English learners.
• Provides teachers and staff development trainers with the tools to study and prepare for successful English language learning and acquisition.

Table of Contents

Rothenberg/Fisher DVD

Guide Video 1

Tape 1 Video 1 Title: Reciprocal Teaching (Title Sign w/ Transition)

• Modeling Transition Screen
• Summarizing Learning
• Guided Practice
• Summarizing Learning
• Reflecting on Learning
• Collaborative Practive
• Reflecting on Learning

Guide Video 2

Tape 1 Video 2

• No Title Screen and Classroom Examples

Guide Video 3

Tape 1 Video 3: Assess Student Learning & Next Steps

• Identify Standards
• Clarify Purpose: Content & Language Objectives
• Connect to Prior Learning
• Select the Text
• Determine Instructional Texts: Content & Language
• Encourage Student Reflecting on Learning
• Reflect: Assess Student Learning

Guide Video 4

Tape 1 Video 4

• Evylyn: The Lifesaver Experiment

• Marcel;: Aerodynamics
• Hector: The Lifesaver Experiment
• Jessica: Electric Conduction

Tape 1 Video 5: Group Work: Math

Tape 1 Video 6: Medford: Writing

• Phil: Immigration

Guide Video 5

Tape 1 Video 7

• No Title Screen and Literature Circles in-class

Tape 1 Video 8

• No Title: Essential Question and Anticipation guide in-class

Guide Video 6

Tape 2 Video 1

• No Title Descriptive Writing in-class

Tape 2 video 2

• Persuasive Essay in-class

Guide Video 7

Tape 2 Video 3

• ELL in-class

Tape 2 Video 4

• Geometry Proofs in-class

Guide Video 8

Tape 2 Video 5

• 8^th Grade History in-class