1. Open ESL- Principles and Strategies for Acceleration
Jessica Farrar, Community College of Baltimore County
Denise Warner, Lansing Community College

2. Finding OER:
Denise

3. Overview of OER Textbooks
Developing Writing
A reading and writing skills text designed for beginning to intermediate learners of English. United States Department of State. Developing Writing is a reading and writing skills text designed for beginning to intermediate learners of English. Each of the twenty chapters in this book is introduced by a reading selection that incorporates the lesson’s model structures, mechanics, and grammar points. Each reading in Developing Writing focuses on some aspect of American or world culture. Each reading passage is followed by composition, vocabulary, and spelling activities. An irregular verb list, grammar rule index, and answer key are also included.
United States Department of State. Accessed 30 April 2019.
Denise

4. Overview of OER Textbooks
Writing for Success
Writing for Success is a text that provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition.”
Open Textbook Library. Accessed 02 May 2019.
Denise

5. Overview of OER Textbooks
College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success
grammar-and-composing-strategies-for-success
College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success is designed as a comprehensive grammar and writing e-text for high intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English. We open the text with a discussion on the sentence and then break it down into its elemental components, before reconstructing them into effective sentences with paragraphs and larger academic assignments. Following that, we provide instruction in paragraph and essay writing with several opportunities to both review the fundamentals as well as to demonstrate mastery and move on to more challenging assignments.
Open Textbook Library. Accessed 02 May 2019.
Denise

6. Overview of OER Textbooks
Writing in College: From Competence to Excellence
Writing in College is designed for students who have largely mastered high- school level conventions of formal academic writing and are now moving beyond the five-paragraph essay to more advanced engagement with text. It is well suited to composition courses or first-year seminars and valuable as a supplemental or recommended text in other writing-intensive classes. It provides a friendly, down-to-earth introduction to professors’ goals and expectations, demystifying the norms of the academy and how they shape college writing assignments. Each of the nine chapters can be read separately, and each includes suggested exercises to bring the main messages to life.
Open Textbooks: Suny. Accessed 05 May 2019.
Jessica

7. Other Types of OER Materials
X-Word Grammar
Commonlit
Jessica

8. Problems with Existing OER Materials
Wrong Level – not “academic” enough
Problems with accessibility and formatting
Don’t match your curriculum
Don’t use contextualized approach
Not appropriate for English language learners
Don’t incorporate principles of ALP
Jessica

9. Materials Development for ALP ESOL: Reading/Vocabulary Strategies
Pre-reading strategies:
Build Schema with Discussion Questions
Pre-view vocabulary
Teach a variety of vocabulary learning strategies
OER textbook excerpt, Ch. 1
Reading 1 “Masks” by Shel Silverstein
You will read a poem by a famous American poet, Shel Silverstein, whose work is loved by people of all ages.
Pre-Reading
Think about the topic and prepare to read.
What kinds of masks do people wear?
When might someone wear a mask?
Why might someone wear a mask?
Denise

10. Materials Development for ALP ESOL: Reading/Vocabulary Strategies
During reading strategies:
questioning
encourage active reading
use of highlighting and annotation
OER textbook excerpt, Ch. 1
During Reading
As you read, check if your predictions are correct. Highlight or underline information in the reading that supports or contradicts* your predictions.
*Contra=prefix meaning “opposite” or “against”
Question your understanding as you read. Ask yourself things like, “How does this idea connect or relate to the previous idea?” “Is this a main idea or a supporting detail?” “What is this an example of?”
Think about how the ideas fit together.
Jessica

11. Materials Development for ALP ESOL: Reading/Writing Strategies
Wrap-around Support/Scaffolding/ Schema Building
handout
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12. Materials Development for ALP ESOL: Reading/Writing Strategies
Post-reading strategies:
Build communicative competence
Post reading discussion questions
Abundant low-stakes writing practice
OER textbook excerpt, Ch. 1
Post-reading Activities based on “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan
Discussion (Oral or Post on Discussion Board)
Discuss the following questions with a partner or group of classmates.
Why did they invite the minister’s family over for dinner?
Why did the mother prepare typical Chinese foods instead of typical American foods?
What does this story say about identity?
Denise

13. Materials Development for ALP ESOL: Writing/Grammar Strategies
Align Grading Rubric for writing assignments in ESOL to the co-requisite writing class (e.g. ESOL Levels 4/5 and ENGL 121)
handout
Both- The first bullet is already kind of covered on the previous slide, but I wanted to emphasize the writing aspect. I think we need to divide this slide and add examples and add another slide for the grading rubrics.

14. Materials Development for ALP ESOL: Writing/Grammar Strategies
Focus on grammatical forms in the context of reading and writing tasks 
-OER textbook excerpt, Ch. 1
Mini Grammar Lesson: Simple Past vs. Past Perfect followed by practice noticing and analyzing examples.
Example from Fish Cheeks: When I found out that my parents had invited the minister’s family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried.
Find four more examples of sentences with both simple past tense and past perfect tense in Reading 2. List your sentences below.
Think About It
In each example sentence, what happened first? Explain the sentence.
Example: Her parents invited the minister’s family for dinner before their daughter found out about it. Then, she cried.
Denise

15. Materials Development for ALP ESOL: Writing/Grammar Strategies
Focus on editing skills and grammar interventions
Handouts:
Class Grammar Errors
Grammar Errors from Student Writings
Jessica

16. Materials Development for ALP ESOL: Writing/Grammar Strategies
Writing Assignment: Readings 1 and 2
After reading “Masks” by Shel Silverstein and “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, write a paragraph about one of the questions below. Use information from each reading to support your answer.
What is identity and what does each author say about identity?
Describe how the narrator’s mother in “Fish Cheeks” helps her daughter to be true to herself and how this relates to the central idea of “Masks.”
Backward Design
Build toward writing assignments which require students to incorporate source material and develop critical thinking/analytical skills
OER textbook excerpt, Ch. 1
Denise

17. Group Activity: ALPESOL Strategies Polleverywhere
With a group of 2-3 people, develop one of the following activities using “Gate A-4” by Naomi Shihab Nye, (Each group will be assigned one strategy):
Create 2-3 pre-reading discussion questions
Pre-view 2-3 vocabulary items
Notice the form and meaning of a grammatical feature (a verb tense or a structure, such as gerunds or noun clause)
Build communicative competence through writing and/or discussion

18. Materials Development for ALP ESOL: Other Strategies/Concluding Comments
Community Building: Form bonds between students and with teacher
Meaningful context for assignments – interesting and relevant topics that connect to students' lives 
“Consciously pay attention to helping students develop successful student behaviors” 
“ALP instructors consciously pay attention to issues from outside the college that may have a negative impact on ALP students.”

19. OER Textbook: Bridge to Academic English for ESOL Students
This PowerPoint and all handouts, including Chapter 1, will be uploaded to the CADE website.

20. Thank you! Jessica Farrar, Community College of Baltimore County
Denise Warner, Lansing Community College