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Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model, 3/E
Jana Echevarria
MaryEllen J. Vogt, California State University, Long Beach
Deborah J. Short, Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C.

ISBN-10: 0205518869
ISBN-13: 9780205518869

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paperback with DVD; 288 pp
Published: 04/25/2007

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Like no other text on the market, Making Content Comprehensible presents an empirically validated model of sheltered instruction.

 

This resource includes new research, findings, and studies on the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model, which provides school administrators, teachers, teacher candidates, and field experience supervisors with a tool for observing and quantifying a teacher's implementation of quality sheltered instruction. Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners presents a coherent, specific, field-tested model of sheltered instruction that specifies the features of a high quality sheltered lessons that teaches content material to English learners. Each of the 30 items from the SIOP model are illustrated through vignettes with "best" lessons included in the appendices for teachers and also includes "use tomorrow activities" to take into the classroom. The authors also address implementation issues and provide suggestions for success as well as how to incorporate technology into the SIOP. In addition, a ground-breaking CD-ROM with video clips, interviews of the authors, and reproducibles (e.g., lesson plan formats), etc. make this the perfect professional development resource for any grade level or content area teacher!  

  • A full chapter addresses the issue of English learners who are struggling readers and/or students with disabilities by including detailed information about learning disabilities and delayed development in reading (Ch.10).
  • Vignettes present teaching scenarios where three teachers teaching the same grade level and content attempt to include the focal SIOP indicators, with varying degrees of success.
  • Complete lesson descriptors allow readers to score the three teaching scenarios and help readers develop a degree of inter-rater reliability.
  • Each chapter contains:

    • A graphic organizer that provides an overview of the chapter.

    • “Background Sections” that include descriptions of the eight sections and 30 indicators of the SIOP to help readers plan and prepare effective sheltered lessons.

    • “Discussion Questions” appropriate for portfolio development in preservice and graduate classes, for professional development workshops, or for reflection.

  • Includes both the full SIOP and an abbreviated version.
  • Two different SIOP lesson plan formats that can be used for planning and preparation, depending on your needs.
  • An Appendix contains the results of studies that demonstrate that English learners whose teachers used the SIOP model outperformed similar students whose teachers did not implement the model. 
  •  Presents the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) as a reliable and valid model for teaching content to English Language Learners.
  • Discusses instructional strategies and techniques and provides a lesson planning framework.
  • Vignettes make the concepts understandable as seen through teacher's descriptions.
  • An explicit scoring guide increases the usability of SIOP.
  • Specific, practical ideas for teaching English Learners increase students' effectiveness in working with English learners.
  • Overview of sheltered instruction creates a historical context for the SIOP.

  • New, user-friendly format of the SIOP® protocol.
  •  Background Sections include descriptions of the eight components and thirty features of the SIOP® Model, and are updated to reflect recent research and best practices to help readers plan and prepare effective sheltered lessons.
  • Practical Guidelines to help readers develop effective language and content objectives.
  • Discussion Questions have been rewritten and are appropriate for portfolio development in pre-service and graduate classes, for professional development workshops, or for teacher reflection and application.
  • A groundbreaking CD-ROM with video clips, interviews of the authors, and reproducible resources (e.g., lesson plan formats), make this the perfect professional development asset for any grade level or content area teacher!

    • Most chapters begins with "Objectives" and “Background.” Most chapters conclude with “Teaching Scenarios,” “Summary” and “Discussion Questions.”

    Preface and Acknowledgments.


    Overview of the Book.


    Overview of the Chapters.


    Acknowledgments.


    1. Introducing Sheltered Instruction.

    Demographic Changes.
    English Learner Diversity.
    School Reform and Accountability in the 21st Century.
    Academic Literacy.

    Changes in Instructional Practice for English Learners.

    The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol.

    The SIOP Model.

    Implementing the SIOP Model: Getting Started.



    2. Lesson Preparation.

    Content Objectives Clearly Defined for Students.

    Language Objectives Clearly Defined for Students.
    Writing Language and Content Objectives.
    Content Concepts Appropriate for Age and Eductaional Background.

    Supplementary Materials Used to a High Degree.

    Adaptation of Content to All Levels of Student Proficiency.

    Meaningful Activities That Integrate Lesson Concepts with Language Practice.

    Using the SIOP Protocol.

    The Lesson.

    3. Building Background.

    Concepts Linked to Students' Background.

    Links Made Between Past Learning and New Concepts.

    Key Vocabulary Emphasized.

    Developing Content Language.

    Developing School Language.

    The Lesson.


    4. Comprehensible Input.

    Appropriate Speech for ELLs.

    Explanation of Academic Tasks.

    Use of Techniques.

    The Lesson.



    5. Strategies.

    Strategies.

    Scaffolding Techniques.

    Questioning.

    The Lesson.
        



    6. Interaction.

    Opportunities for Interaction.
            -Oral Language Development
            -Other Opportunities for Interaction

    Grouping Configurations.

    Wait Time.

    Clarify Key Concepts in L1.
    The Lesson.



    7. Practice/Application.

    Hands-On Materials and/or Manipulatives Provided for Students to Practice Using New Content.

    Activities Provided for Students to Apply Content and Language Knowledge.

    Activities that Integrate all Language Skills.

    The Lesson.



    8. Lesson Delivery.

    Content Objectives Clearly Supported by Lesson Delivery.

    Language Objectives Clearly Supported by Lesson Delivery.
    Meeting Content and Language Objectives

    Students Engaged 90% - 100% of the Period.

    Pacing of Lesson Appopriate to Students' Ability Levels

    The Lesson.



    9.  Review/Assessment.

    Review of Key Vocabulary.

    Review of Key Content Concepts.

    Providing Feedback on Student Output.

    Assessment of Lesson Objectives.

    The Lesson.



    10. Issues of Reading Development and Special Education for English Learners.

    Issues of Reading Development and Assessment.

    Issues Related to Special Education.

    Special Education Services: When are They Appropriate?
    Assisting Struggling Learners.

    Students with Special Needs.



    11. Effective Use of the SIOP Protocol.

    Scoring and Interpretation of the SIOP Protocol.

            Assigning Scores
            Not Applicable (NA) Category
            Calculating Scores
    Sample Lesson

    Using SIOP Scores and comments.

    Reliability and Validity of the SIOP.



    Appendix A: The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol.

    Appendix B: Lesson Plans.

    Appendix C: Research on the SIOP Model.

     

    Glossary.

    References.

     

    Index.

    Jana Echevarria, Ph.D., is a Professor of Education at California State University, Long Beach. Her professional experience includes elementary and secondary teaching in general education, special education, English as a Second Language and bilingual programs. She has lived in Taiwan and Mexico where she taught ESL and second language acquisition courses at the university level, as well as in Spain where she conducted research on instructional programs for immigrant students. Her UCLA doctorate earned her an award from the National Association for Bilingual Education's Outstanding Dissertations Competition. Her research and publications focus on effective instruction for English learners, including those with learning disabilities. She is a nationally known expert on English learners and has written numerous journal articles and book chapters, has written and produced several videotapes and has co-authored several books including, Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners: The SIOP Model and Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching Students With Diverse Abilities, both published by Allyn & Bacon. The SIOP Model of instruction is used widely in all 50 states and several countries. Currently, she is Co-Principal Investigator with the National Research and Development Center on English Language Learners funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES). In 2005, Dr. Echevarria was selected as Outstanding Professor at CSULB

     

     

    MaryEllen Vogt, Ed.D., is Professor Emerita, California State University, Long Beach. A public school reading specialist for 15 years, she has co-authored 6 books, including Reading Specialists and Literacy Coaches in the Real World (2nd Ed.; Allyn & Bacon, 2007)and Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (3rd Ed; Allyn & Bacon, 2008).  Her research interests include improving comprehension in the content areas, teacher change, and content literacy for English learners. Dr. Vogt served as President of the International Reading Association in 2004-2005.    

     

    Deborah J. Short is director of the Language Education and Academic Development division of the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, D.C. Since 1996, she has worked on a national research study of secondary newcomer programs for recent immigrants for the federally-funded Center for Research on Education, Diversity, & Excellence. Deborah has worked as a teacher, trainer, researcher, and curriculum/materials developer in the area of K-12 language minority and immigrant education for 20 years. At CAL, she has conducted school-based research on the integration of language and content instruction and on program designs for English language learners in elementary and secondary schools. She also has provided professional development to language and content teachers in over 40 school districts around the U.S. and abroad. She has acted as a program and curriculum consultant and technical assistance provider to state and local education agencies. She develops instructional materials for students and has authored or co-authored numerous books, reports, and other publications. She is also the director of the national English as a Second Language (ESL) Standards and Assessment project for TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages). Deborah has taught English as a second or foreign language in New York, California, Virginia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. She has written numerous scholarly articles and co-authored five books.

    One of the most influential books in the field in years!

     

    Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model presents a coherent, specific, field-tested model of sheltered instruction that specifies the features of a high quality sheltered lesson that teaches content material to English language learners.

     

    For twelve years, educators have turned to Jana Echevarría, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short for an empirically validated model of sheltered instruction. In the Third Edition of this best-seller, the authors include new research findings and studies on the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP®) Model, which offers school administrators, teachers, teacher candidates, coaches, university faculty, and field experience supervisors a tool for observing and quantifying a teacher's implementation of quality sheltered instruction.

     

    Ringing Endorsements

     

     “A framework that will engage, support, and increase the academic achievement of our culturally and linguistically diverse students. The [SIOP Model went] from good to great!”

    –Socorro Herrera, Kansas State University

     

    “Readability, organization, and practicality! The SIOP addresses precisely the needs that my beginning teachers face…the CD for SIOP…makes it all understandable. I love the book!”

    –Danny Brassell, California State University, Dominguez Hills

     

    Take a Glimpse Inside the Third Edition:

    • New, user-friendly format of the SIOP® protocol.
    •  Background Sections include descriptions of the eight components and thirty features of the SIOP® Model, and are updated to reflect recent research and best practices to help readers plan and prepare effective sheltered lessons.
    • Practical Guidelines to help readers develop effective language and content objectives.
    • Discussion Questions have been rewritten and are appropriate for portfolio development in pre-service and graduate classes, for professional development workshops, or for teacher reflection and application.
    • A groundbreaking CD-ROM with video clips, interviews of the authors, and reproducible resources (e.g., lesson plan formats), make this the perfect professional development asset for any grade level or content area teacher!

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      In response to frequent inquiries about how to implement the SIOP Model, acclaimed authors, MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria offer these research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons that include the eight SIOP components. 

       

      This book is an indispensable resource for teachers of English language learners, and it is the ideal companion to Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model.  The first chapter includes a brief overview of the SIOP Model.  The following eight chapters provide use-tomorrow activities for each of the SIOP components: Preparation, Building Background, Comprehensible Input, Strategies, Interaction, Practice and Application, Lesson Delivery, and Review and Assessment.  The 99 ideas and activities in this book include a few familiar techniques that have been shown to be especially effective for ELLs, as well as many new ideas to SIOP teachers.  All promote student-to-student and teacher-to-student interaction and involvement, so necessary for English language acquisition and content development.  Step-by-step directions and examples of content and language objectives are included for all ideas and activities.  Twelve sample SIOP lesson plans, six each for the elementary and secondary levels, depict how an activity for each of the SIOP components can be implemented effectively.                 

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      This book is an indispensable resource for K-12 teachers, professional development coordinators, and coaches and is the ideal companion to Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model.  Written by renowned author team, Jana Echevarria, Deborah Short, and MaryEllen Vogt, Implementing the SIOP Model discusses effective implementation of the SIOP Model and addresess the "how" and the "why" of incorporating the SIOP into school curricula. This new addition to the SIOP series provides effective professional development and coaching for all those involved with English learners.

       

       

       
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      • Like no other text on the market, Making Content Comprehensible presents an empirically validated model of sheltered instruction.

       

      This resource includes new research, findings, and studies on the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model, which provides school administrators, teachers, teacher candidates, and field experience supervisors with a tool for observing and quantifying a teacher's implementation of quality sheltered instruction. Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners presents a coherent, specific, field-tested model of sheltered instruction that specifies the features of a high quality sheltered lessons that teaches content material to English learners. Each of the 30 items from the SIOP model are illustrated through vignettes with "best" lessons included in the appendices for teachers and also includes "use tomorrow activities" to take into the classroom. The authors also address implementation issues and provide suggestions for success as well as how to incorporate technology into the SIOP. In addition, a ground-breaking CD-ROM with video clips, interviews of the authors, and reproducibles (e.g., lesson plan formats), etc. make this the perfect professional development resource for any grade level or content area teacher!  

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      © 2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paperback with DVD; 288 pages | Instock
      ISBN-10: 0205518869 | ISBN-13: 9780205518869
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      • The first book to guide administrators on how to verify the proper implementation of the SIOP model for ALL English learners in their schools!

       

      This book is an indispensable resource for administrators and is the ideal companion to Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model.  Written by renowned author team, Deborah Short, MaryEllen Vogt, and Jana Echevarria, The SIOP Model for Administrators provides a clear overview of the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol model and how it relates to administrators, giving them a better understanding of how to accurately assess their teachers' training and implementation of the SIOP Model.  

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