Now What? 1

Using Content Standards to Plan Lessons  Arizona – 301 pages – ABE – includes citizenship – 5 levels in 4 areas with degrees of proficiency (beginning, approaching, met, exceeds) an sample activities  California – 84 pages – helpful section on course content (p.29) and sample lessons  Nevada – 64 pages – divided into two main correlated areas with civics separately  Pennsylvania – 24 pages – divided into six areas for all six levels 8/esl_content_standards.pdf 8/esl_content_standards.pdf  Texas – online - divided into four main areas with a free lesson plan bank  Understanding and Using Content Standards 2

Arizona – Writing 3

Arizona - Sample Activities 4

California – Course Content 5

CA Course Content Continued 6

California – Sample Lesson 7 Topic: money/prices Objective: find out price Function: request information clarification Form: How much? “to be” in present

Nevada – Listening/Speaking 8

Nevada – Civics Objectives 9

Pennsylvania: Descriptors-Themes-Topics 10

Pennsylvania – Skill Chart 11

Texas – Speaking: all levels 12

Texas: Listening/Pronunciation 13

Texas – Lesson Plan Bank 14