Description
These content area lesson plans were created by the Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE Center). CREATE researchers developed curriculum to build the language and literacy skills of English learners in the middle grades while simultaneously instructing grade-level content concepts. Lesson plans and materials integrate instructional features of the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP Model) including language objectives, explicit vocabulary instruction, student interaction, building background knowledge, and comprehensible input.
Science: Lesson Materials from SIOP Model on Middle School Science and Language Learning
Science: Lesson Materials from Project QuEST – Quality English and Science Teaching
Overview of QuEST curricular materials
Ecology Lesson Set
Cycles Lesson Set
Genetics Lesson Set
Social Studies: Lesson Materials from Adaptations of Peer-Assisted Learning for English Language Learners—Application to Middle School Social Studies Classes
The Texas Revolution Lesson Materials
The Mexican War Lesson Materials
English Language Arts: Lesson Materials from Word Generation for English Language Learners
Word Generation materials are available from the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP)
Math: SIOP Lesson Materials
For more information on the CREATE project, please visit:
Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (Meadows Center)
Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners
For more information on the SIOP model please visit:
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
Developed by:
Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners