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I hope you find the resources here useful. I have used versions of most of these materials in real USA k-12 or adult ESOL classes. Please contact me on Mastodon if you have ideas or requests for materials.

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2024 November

• Updated my ITIP session page (again!) with a link to ESOL Hub, which has links to various excellent resources (compiled by Lisa Godfrey).
• Added a javascript pages. These are small html pages, with fairly simple javascript, that might be helpful for students and teachers. The first is a simple vocabulary quiz.
• Updated my ITIP session page (in Professional Development) with a link to the (pre-recorded) video of my presentation.
• Added my ITIP session page to Professional Development.

2024 October 27

• Added graphic on the order of adjectives in English.
• Added resources for my presentation at the ITIP Google conference.

NEW 2023 October 4

Added resources for PD with content teachers on working with newcomers.

Added very, very rough draft of my new book Basics of Working with English Learners (PDF only) in Educator Resources.

Resources for Educators

• Accessibility — posters on how to design for students with various challenges.
• Diagnostics — A few diagnostics I've developed for incoming students.
• Enhanced Readings — readings to help students build background knowledge before (or in some cases, in place of) grade-level readings.
• Javascript pages — small html pages, with fairly simple javascript, that might be helpful for students and teachers.
• Know Your Rights — information to help teachers and families understand what schools are required to do to support students. Mostly about English Learner students at the moment.
• (Grammar) Order of adjectives graphic — shows learners the order that adjectives must come in before a noun, in English.
• Professional Development — Some resources from PD that I've lead.