Planning Effective Instruction for Ells (Quick Reference Guide)

Planning instruction for English language learners involves aligning students' needs with their proficiencies and using engaging strategies to build understanding. In this quick reference guide, ELL specialists Pérsida and William Himmele share practical strategies for ELL success based on the CHATS framework:

• Comprehension
• Higher-Order Thinking
• Assessment
• Total Participation Techniques
• Scaffolding

This research-based framework will help teachers ask the right questions and create effective plans to meet the linguistic and academic needs of ELLs.

8.5" x 11" 3-panel foldout guide (6 pages), laminated for extra durability and 3-hole-punched for binder storage.

William Himmele is an associate professor at Millersville University in southeastern Pennsylvania.

He has served as an ESL teacher and a speech pathologist, a higher education administrator, an international consultant, and a speaker on issues related to increasing student engagement and teaching English language learners.

He served as the coordinator for the graduate ESL teacher certification program at Millersville University and has been an educational program consultant for several schools in various countries seeking to improve their school programs.

He has lived, taught, and studied in New York, California, and Pennsylvania. He earned his PhD in intercultural education and his master's in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) from Biola University.

Pérsida Himmele is an associate professor at Millersville University in southeastern Pennsylvania.

She has served as an elementary and middle school teacher, a district administrator, an English language learner program consultant, and a public speaker on issues related to student engagement and teaching in diverse classrooms.

She has lived, taught, and studied in New York, California, and Pennsylvania, becoming actively involved in advocating for the passage of educational policies and funding formulas for the betterment of urban schools and English language learners.

She earned her PhD in intercultural education from Biola University and her master's degree in elementary and bilingual education from SUNY Buffalo.