Kendall Juli, Khuon Outey. Making Sense: Small-Group Comprehension Lessons For English Language Learners

Stenhouse Publishers, 2005. — 168 p. — ISBN 10 1571104801.The book's five main sections are geared to the stages of language proficiency, and lessons are divided into 'younger' and 'older' students, spanning kindergarten through grade 8. The authors outline fifty-two lessons that teach students how to make connections, ask questions, visualize (make mental images), infer, determine importance, and synthesize. Each lesson follows a four-part teaching framework:Start Up/Connection — helping students build background and use prior knowledge to connect to the lesson;Give Information — explicitly telling students what they are going to learn and why they are learning it, and then teaching them;Active Involvement — often occurs during the teaching as students practice what they are learning while the teacher checks for understanding and monitors and adjusts instruction;Off-You-Go!—opportunities for students to practice what they learned with peers or independently.