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 and Emotional Health of Middle/High School ELLs
- Frankie: A Man of His Word
- Tips for Teaching Middle and High School ELLs
- Tips for Educators of ELLs: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12
- Phonics Instruction for Middle and High School ELLs
Blog Posts
Related Video
Instruction of key academic vocabulary with high school ELLs
Bobbi Houtchens: Considerations for Adolescent ELLs (Part 4 of 4)
Why Collaboration Matters
Graphic organizers
Brainstorming a journal assignment with high school ELLs
Rhythm of class
Strategies to preview vocabulary
Answering guiding questions with middle school ELLs
Reading non-fiction text with high school ELLs
Writing a paragraph with high school ELLs
ELL parent engagement in Middle School
Making connections: Creating an active & engaged reader
Books and Booklists
Guides and Toolkits
Research and Reports
- Advanced Course Enrollment and Performance Among English Learner Students in Washington State
- Reparable Harm: Fulfilling the Unkept Promise of Educational Opportunity for California's Long Term English Learners.
- The Difficult Road for Long-Term English Learners
- Voices of Native Educators: Strategies that Support Success of Native High School Students
- Building Capacity to Promote College- and Career Readiness for Secondary English Language Learners
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ELL News
- Immigrant Youth, Refugees Find Support at This Seattle SchoolCrosscut| May 25, 2018
- 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
- What Can Educators Do to Increase Graduation Rates for English-Learners?Education Week| May 12, 2017