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1. SEI 301 Courses / sei301dotcom

2. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Entire Course (UOP) SEI 301 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP) • SEI 301 Week 1 Multicultural Lesson Review • SEI 301 Week 1 DQ 1 • SEI 301 Week 1 DQ 2 • SEI 301 Week 2 The Foundations of SEI Paper • SEI 301 Week 2 Unit Plan SIOP Lesson • SEI 301 Week 2 DQ 1 • SEI 301 Week 2 DQ 2 • SEI 301 Week 3 Parent Involvement Plan • SEI 301 Week 3 Proficiency Standards Lesson • SEI 301 Week 3 DQ 1 • How do the ELL proficiency standards (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) promote language development as well as academic achievement for ELLs?

3. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP) SEI 301 Week 1 Multicultural Lesson Review (UOP) • How can a classroom activity be adapted for students at various stages of language acquisition, particularly in terms of student comprehension and assessment methods? What do you think may be the biggest hurdle when addressing varied proficiency levels in the same classroom environment? • Conduct an online review of Teaching Tolerance at http://www.tolerance.orgClick on For Teachers, and then click on Classroom Activities.Scroll down to “Find Classroom Activities”

4. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP) SEI 301 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP) • What are specific examples of positive sociocultural influences that can impact classroom instruction? What are some negative influences? What accommodations could teachers make to embrace the positive sociocultural influences of their student population? • What impact does legislation have on both small and large districts as they serve the ELL population? How would you modify current legislation to have a more positive impact on this population?

5. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Week 2 The Foundations of SEI Paper (UOP) SEI 301 Week 2 Unit Plan SIOP Lesson (UOP) • Write a 350- to 700-word paper identifying the major legal and historicals event that led to the implementation of SEI instruction in the classroom.Include a brief discussion of how SEI has changed educational practices.Incorporate discussion on how culture • Develop one lesson plan based on the SIOP® Model for a group of English language learners. • After the lesson plan is complete, discuss the purpose and the elements of the team developed lesson plan with team members. As a team, do the following:

6. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP) SEI 301 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP) • What are some indicators that a student could be having difficulty with language acquisition? What can a classroom teacher do to help correct the difficulties? • What aspects of the ELL program support effective school/community/home partnerships after reviewing the ELL program in a school system by conducting research online, by phone, or in person? What improvements or additions would you make to the ELL program to increase support for effective school/community/home partnerships?

7. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Week 3 Parent Involvement Plan (UOP) SEI 301 Week 3 Proficiency Standards Lesson (UOP) • Continue working on your SIOP® Lesson Plans.Prepare your team’s parent involvement plan:· List ideas for a plan to involve parents in their child’s schooling in an ongoing way.· Use a chart, PowerPoint, or another visual form of representation, and outline the team’s proposal for initiating and maintaining a parent involvement plan • Visit the Department of Education website at http://www.ade.az.gov/asd/lep/Scroll down to Arizona’s English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards & Correlation Guides.View Correlation Guide for ELL Proficiency Standards in Listening and Speaking to K-12 Arizona Academic Standards.

8. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Week 4 Cooperative Learning Activity and Paper (UOP) SEI 301 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP) • Discuss the differences between cooperative learning and group work in teams.Brainstorm ideas for a variety of activities that can be done in cooperative learning groups.Create a short cooperative learning activity for a 1-hour class session in a specific grade and subject area of your choice. • Many times in classrooms, discipline problems can be attributed to students not knowing what they’re supposed to be doing. What are some ways a teacher can avoid having students confused about accomplishing academic tasks? What ideas come

9. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP) SEI 301 Week 4 Language Acquisition Timeline Chart (UOP) • With a large number of content standards in each subject area for which teachers and students are accountable, how is it possible to provide direct application and hands-on practice for lessons • Create a timeline or a chart that includes at least 10 significant milestones that define students’ primary and secondary language acquisition from birth to 18 years.Include a description of how sociocultural factors can affect achievement of milestones of first and second language

10. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Week 5 Alternative Assessment Analysis (UOP) SEI 301 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP) • Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that discusses the following:Instructors must monitor student achievement and assess results to guide instruction. When is it appropriate to use an informal assessment? When would a formal assessment be more appropriate?Reflect on a time when an alternative assessment was utilized successfully. Provide a description of the assessment and how • Why are alternative assessments often referenced as a best practice for meeting the needs of ELL learners? Include elements of SEI terminology and specific sociocultural references in your response

11. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP) SEI 301 Week 5 SIOP Unit Plan (UOP) • Compare the lesson delivery characteristics of the SIOP® Model to lesson delivery models or techniques of the past. Which components of the SIOP® Model are similar to historical lesson delivery, and which components are different from historical lesson delivery? What accounts for the differences in the SIOP® Model and historical lesson delivery? • Finalize your team’s SIOP® Lesson Plans.Prepare a summary of 700- to 1050 words that includes your team’s rationale for decisions about selection of standards, lesson plan design, and areas of particular interest and/or concern related to lesson delivery

12. SEI 301 Courses SEI 301 Week 6 DQ 1 (UOP) SEI 301 Week 6 Practical Application Interview and Critique (UOP) • We have covered a variety of topics regarding the instruction of ELL students throughout this course, including information from the readings, discussions and assignments. What are the top three ideas that you will take with you into your classroom? Why did you select them? • Interview a classroom teacher or a student teacher with experience in a content area or a grade level in which you do not have experience.Determine what effective teaching strategies the teacher implements in his or her lessons for all students.Focus your interview questions on the following:Modeling

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