Mutual Cadre & ELLs: Lesson Plans

The following units for grades i, 4, and 8 are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and target English language language learners' (ELLs) literacy and language needs. They were adult past groups of teachers from Albuquerque, New Mexico and Poughkeepsie, New York working in collaboration with Dr. Diane August.

Classroom videos of the these lesson plans in classrooms are also available.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Class one: Burro's Tortillas

This unit is based upon the picture book Burro'southward Tortillas by Terri Fields, a Southwestern adaptation of The Little Red Hen chosen past the teachers for its relevance to their students' cultural experiences.

Form 4: Cinderella

This unit of measurement is based on a picture-book version of Cinderella, written and illustrated past Barbara McClintock.  This detail version of Cinderella was called by the teachers for its rich language and imagery.

Grade 8: "The Story of an Hour"

This unit of measurement is based on "The Story of an Hour," a short story written by Kate Chopin in 1894, called for its themes, historical context, and illustrations of irony.

Poughkeepsie, New York

Classroom Activities

  • Course seven Activity: Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
  • Class 7 Activity: Messages from John Smith
  • Grades 9-10 Activeness: Nelson Mandela Speech

Acknowledgements

These lesson plans are the result of the hard work of a number of individuals, including the members of our Instructor Cadres in Albuquerque, NM and Poughkeepsie, NY; Dr. Ellen Bernstein and the staff of the Albuquerque Teachers Federation; Debbie Kardas and the staff of the Poughkeepsie Public Schoolhouse Teachers' Association; and Pam Knittel, ESL Double-decker in Poughkeepsie.

Special thanks to Dr. Diane August and Erin Haynes; David Pook; Noel Gunther, Christian Lindstrom, Leon Gittens, Lydia Breiseth, Ashley Gilleland, Tina Chovanec, Shalini Anand, Kelly Decker, Erica Queen, and Bridget Brady of Colorín Colorado, a service of public dissemination station WETA in Washington, DC; Dr. Karen Ford of the University of Virginia; and Susan Lafond of New York State United Teachers.

Funding for this projection was made possible past the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund. Special thank you to Giselle Lundy-Ponce, of the American Federation of Teachers; and Ann Bradley, Justin Stone, Eve Dailey, and Danielle Hawkins of the AFT Innovation Fund.