Seven-year old Annie Dillard enjoys playing football with the boys in her neighborhood because it requires her to play with concentration and courage. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.

In this lesson, students use previewing to activate their prior knowledge and set a purpose for reading. Using a strategy called THIEVES, which is an acronym for title, headings, introduction, every first sentence in a paragraph, visuals and vocabulary, end-of-chapter questions, and summary, students are guided through a preview of a nonfiction text. After guided practice, partners work together to use the strategy to preview a chapter from a textbook.

This article describes seven strategies for assisting English Language Learners with science vocabulary development.

I created this unit plan/overview using WIDA's Performance Definitions to guide academic speaking ELD instruction. This document should be utilized throughout the year, not only right before ACCESS testing. * All links and sources that are not my own are cited in this document.