The activity descriptions provided in this summary of ESOL infused activities or assignments are intended to provide you with information about how you meet the requirements to earn the ESOL endorsement as part of your initial certification degree. It thus concentrates on the ESOL component of the activity or assignment, and may not reflect all portions of each class assignment or activity. Carefully read through the entire assignment description in the associated course's syllabus to ensure that you fulfill all assignment requirements. If the Electronic Portfolio Assessment row indicates Yes, this means that you will upload this graded assignment to your online assessment account in LiveText/Via/Watermark/Student Learning and Licensure, etc.
| ESOL Endorsement Standards | 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 3.3 |
| Activity Objective | Develop, teach and evaluate lessons that promote arts and movement growth and dispositions while enhancing overall classroom management and differentiated instruction in a multicultural environment. Lessons will focus on the integration of arts with the total elementary curriculum. |
| Activity Description | The lesson plan should include objectives (and alignment with Sunshine State Standards Benchmarks), multicultural materials for native speakers and ELs, teaching procedures with accommodations for beginning, intermediate, and advanced ELs, and evaluation with accommodations for English Learners. Finally, write a reflection addressing how the lesson plan demonstrates how you will be promoting arts and movement growth and dispositions to enhance your classroom management and instructional skills in a multicultural environment. |
| ESOL-specific Reading(s) | Songs + Techniques = Enhanced Language Acquisition This Document Appeared in MEXTESOL Journal Volume 24, Number 2 Fall 2000 Suzanne L. Medina, Ph.D. Professor of Graduate Education California State University, Dominguez Hills Acquiring Vocabulary Through Story-Songs This document appeared in the MEXTESOL Journal Volume 26, Number 1 Summer 2003 Suzanne L. Medina, Ph.D. Professor of Graduate Education California State University, Dominguez Hills pdf. |
| Generic Syllabus URL | N/A |
| Detailed Assignment Description URL | N/A |
| Electronic Portfolio Assessment | NO |