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The Next Generation ESL Toolkit

Next Generation ESL Tools and Resources

The Next Generation ESL Project's approach promotes systematic, explicit, and sustained language instruction integrating content area topics and themes to support simultaneous development of language and disciplinary analytical practices. In this way, the Next Generation ESL curriculum approach is directly aligned to the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework and draws from the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. This collection of tools and resources can be used to support educators developing high-quality ESL curriculum, instruction, and assessments. Because of the iterative nature of curriculum development, educators are encouraged to review the resources before they start designing units, refer to them during the drafting stage, and use them after units and lessons are drafted for self-assessment and revisions.

High Quality NGESL Instructional Materials Review Process and ESL Curriculum Review Rubric

The High-Quality ESL Instructional Materials (HQIM-NGESL) review process guides educator teams in a step-by-step process to determine whether a given set of instructional materials can be considered high-quality for ESL instruction.

NGESL Curriculum Design and Evaluation

The NGESL Curriculum Design modules provide an overview of the High-Quality Next Generation ESL Instructional Materials Review Process and Rubric , information about resources that can be used to created high-quality instructional materials for ESL, and key considerations for ESL Curriculum Design.

Unit and Lesson Resources

Unit Development

Children

Educators can use the following resources to develop Next Generation ESL curriculum units. These resources include an interactive Unit Thinking Process with considerations and thinking (what about guiding here to avoid repeating "thinking"?) prompts to support development. They also include a blank Unit Template educators can download and use to draft ESL units, as well as the Unit Plan Self-Check Tool and the Unit Review Rubrics to support self-assessment and revisions of draft units.

Lesson Planning

Classroom

Educators can use the following resources to develop ESL lessons. These resources include an interactive Lesson Planning Thinking Process with considerations and thinking prompts to support development. They also include a blank Lesson Template that educators can download and use as to draft ESL Lessons, a tool with flexible formulas support development of language objectives, and the Lesson Plan Self-Check Tool to support self-assessment and revisions of draft lessons.

Additional Resources for Unit and Lesson Planning

Tools and Resources for Collaboration

Assessment Resources

Use these tools and resources to create curricula aligned with the Definition of ESL and Features of High-Quality of ESL .

ESL curriculum units and lessons can be implemented across ESL instructional delivery approaches as outlined in the ESL Implementation QRGs.

Last Updated: August 3, 2023

 
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