Sample Pacing Plan for LAUSD

ESL 2B

High Point: Level B

2 Period Block Schedule

Week 1
Unit 1 /

Unit 1: Day 1

/ Unit 1: Day 2 / Unit 1: Day 3 / Unit 1: Day 4 / Unit 1: Day 5
Theme 1:
Messages That Matter / Introduce Unit 1:
Communication
Lesson 1
Theme 1 Opener /
Lesson 2
Build Language and Vocabulary
Lesson 3
Prepare to Read
Read the Selection:
The Power of Poetry
/
Lessons 4-5
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension /
Lesson 6
Respond to the Selection: Check Your Understanding
Lesson 7
Respond to the Selection: Language Arts and Literature Activities
*Selection Test 1 /
Lesson 8
Prepare to Read
Read The Selection:
Talking Walls
Lesson 9
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension
Week 2
Unit 1 /

Unit 1: Day 6

/ Unit 1: Day 7 / Unit 1: Day 8 / Unit 1: Day 9 / Unit 1: Day 10
Theme 1
(cont.)
Theme 2:
Messages Across Time and Space / Lessons 10-11
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension / Lesson 12
Respond to the Essay
Lesson 13
Respond: Language Arts and Literature activities
/ Lesson 14
Respond: Content Area Connections
*Selection Test 2
Language Acquisition Assessment: Complete Sentences /
Lesson 1
Introduce Theme 2
Lesson 2
Build Language and Vocabulary /
Lesson 3
Prepare to Read
Read the Selection:
Tales Across Time
Lesson 4
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension
Week 3
Unit 1 /

Unit 1: Day 11

/ Unit 1: Day 12 / Unit 1: Day 13 / Unit 1: Day 14 / Unit 1: Day 15
Theme 2:
Messages Across Time and Space /
Lesson 5
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Review Vocabulary
Check Comprehension
Lesson 6
Respond: Check Your Understanding /

Lesson 7

Respond: Language Arts and Literature
*Selection Test 3
Language Acquisition Assessment: Compound Sentences /

Lesson 8

Respond: Content Area Connections
Lesson 9
Prepare to Read
Read the Selection:
Fat Men From Space / Lessons 10-11
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension /

Lesson 12

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Monitor Your Reading

Lesson 13

Respond: Check Your Understanding
Week 4
Unit 1 /

Unit 1: Day 16

/ Unit 1: Day 17 / Unit 1: Day 18 / Unit 1: Day 19 / Unit 1: Day 20

Theme 2

(cont.) /

Lesson 14

Respond: Language Arts and Literature / *Selection Test 4 / Lesson 15
Respond: Content Area Connections / Debrief Unit 1 (T69)

Self-Assessment Form

/ Unit 1 Test
Writing Project / Introduce Writing that Tells a Story: Fantasy
(T62)
Study a Student Writing Model / Writing Project:
Prewrite and
Draft / Writing Project: Revise
Teach Grammar in Context / Writing Project:
Edit and Proofread
Present Writing Assessment Rubric to whole class to discuss necessary traits and features /

Writing Project: Publish

Peer Assessment of Writing

Week 5

Unit 2 / Unit 2: Day 1 /
Unit 2: Day 2
/ Unit 2: Day 3 / Unit 2: Day 4 / Unit 2: Day 5
Theme 1:
Fitting In /

Introduce Unit:

Belonging

Lesson 1

Introduce Theme /

Lesson 2

Build Language and Vocabulary

Lesson 3

Prepare to Read
Read the Selection:
The Keeping Quilt
/

Lessons 4-5

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension /

Lessons 6

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension

Lesson 7

Respond / Lesson 8
Respond: Content Area Connections
*Selection Test 5
Language Acquisition Assessment: Questions
Week 6
Unit 2 / Unit 2: Day 6 /

Unit 2: Day 7

/ Unit 2: Day 8 / Unit 2: Day 9 / Unit 2: Day 10

Theme 1

(cont.)
Theme 2:
Bridging The Gap /

Lesson 9

Respond

Lesson 10

Prepare to Read
Poetry / Lessons 11
Set Purpose
Listen and Read:
From Human Family
Respond

Lesson 12

Prepare to Read
Read the Selection:
Beyond the Color Lines
/

Lessons 13-15

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension /

Lessons 16-17

Respond: Check Your Understanding &
Language Arts and Literature

*Selection Test 6

/

Lesson 1

Introduce Theme 2

Lesson 2

Build Language and Vocabulary

Week 7

Unit 2 / Unit 2: Day 11 /
Unit 2: Day 12
/ Unit 2: Day 13 / Unit 2: Day 14 / Unit 2: Day 15

Theme 2:

Bridging the Gap /

Lesson 3

Prepare to Read

Read the Selection:
Teammates

Lesson 4

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension / Lessons 5-6
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension
Language Acquisition Assessment: Past tense and Present tense verbs /

Lesson 7

Respond to the Biography

Lesson 8

Respond:
Language Arts and Literature
*Selection Test 7
/

Lesson 9

Respond: Content Area Connections

Lesson 10

Prepare to Read
Read the Selection:
“Amir” from Seedfolks /

Lessons 11-12

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Your Comprehension

Week 8

Unit 2 / Unit 2: Day 16 /
Unit 2: Day 17
/ Unit 2: Day 18 / Unit 2: Day 19 / Unit 2: Day 20

Theme 2

(cont.) /

Lesson 13

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension
Lesson 14
Respond to the Story / Lesson 15
Respond: Language Arts and Literature
*Selection Test 8
Language Acquisition Assessment: Pronouns /

Lesson 16

Respond: Content Area Connections
Lesson 17
Prepare to Read /

Lesson 18

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension /

Lessons 19-20

Respond to the How-to Article

Writing

Project

/ Introduce Writing For Personal Expression:

Personal History

Study a Student Writing Model / Writing Project:
Prewrite
Draft / Writing Project: Revise
Grammar In Context /
Writing Project:
Edit and Proofread
Publish
Writing Assessment Rubric / Unit 2 Test

Week 9

Unit 3 / Unit 3: Day 1 /
Unit 3: Day 2
/ Unit 3: Day 3 / Unit 3: Day 4 / Unit 3: Day 5
Theme 1:
What Matters Most / Introduce Unit:
Follow Your Dreams

Lesson 1

Prepare to Read /

Lesson 2

Build Language and Vocabulary

Lesson 3

Prepare to Read
Read the Selection:
Ginger From the Heart /

Lessons 4-5

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension /

Lesson 6

Expand Your Vocabulary
Monitor Your Reading
About the Author

Lesson 7

Respond: Check Your Understanding / Lesson 8
Respond: Language Arts and Literature
Language Acquisition Assessment: Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositional Phrases
*Selection Test 9

Week 10

Unit 3 / Unit 3: Day 6 /
Unit 3: Day 7
/ Unit 3: Day 8 / Unit 3: Day 9 / Unit 3: Day 10

Theme 1

(cont.)

Theme 2:

Toward a Better Future /

Lesson 9

Respond: Content Area Connections

Lesson 10

Prepare to Read
Read the Selection
Twins /

Lessons 11-12

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension
/

Lesson 13

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension
Lesson 14
Respond: Check Your Understanding / Lesson 15
Respond: Language Arts and Literature
*Selection Test 10
Lesson 16
Respond: Content Area Connections / Lesson 1
Introduce Theme 2
Lesson 2
Build Language and Vocabulary

Week 11

Unit 3 / Unit 3: Day 11 / Unit 3: Day 12 / Unit 3: Day 13 /
Unit 3: Day 14
/ Unit 3: Day 15
Theme 2:
Toward a Better Future /

Lesson 3

Prepare to Read
Read The Selection:
The Great Migration: An American Story

Lesson 4

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension / Lessons 5-6
Set Purpose
Read and Think
About the Author / Lesson 7
Respond: Check Your Understanding
Language Acquisition Assessment: Complex Sentences
Lesson 8
Respond: Language Arts and Literature / *Selection Test 11

Lesson 9

Respond: Content Area Connections
Lesson 10
Respond to the Essay / Lesson 11
Prepare to Read
Lesson 12
Set Purpose
Listen and Read
Review Vocabulary

Week 12

Unit 3 / Unit 3: Day 16 / Unit 3: Day 17 / Unit 3: Day 18 /
Unit 3: Day 19
/ Unit 3: Day 20

Theme 2

(cont.) /

Lesson 13

Respond:
Check Your Understanding
Lesson 14
Prepare to Read
Read the Selection:
A House of My Own / Lessons 15-16
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Review Vocabulary / Lesson 17
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Expand Vocabulary
Lesson 18
Respond: Check Your Understanding / Lesson 19
Respond: Language Arts Literature
*Selection 12 Test / Lesson 20
Respond: Content Area Connections
Debrief Unit 3 (T211)
Self-Assessment
Writing Project / Introduce Writing that Describes: Character Sketch
Study a Student Writing Model / Writing Project:
Prewrite
Draft / Writing Project:
Revise
Grammar in Context / Writing Project:
Edit and Proofread
Publish
Writing Assessment Rubric / Unit 3 Test

Week 13

Unit 4 / Unit 4: Day 1 / Unit 4: Day 2 / Unit 4: Day 3 /

Unit 4: Day 4

/

Unit 4: Day 5

Theme 1:
Coming Full Circle / Introduce Unit 4:
Continuity and Change
Lesson 1
Introduce Theme 1 /

Lesson 2

Build Language and Vocabulary

Lesson 3

Prepare to Read
Greek Mythology
/ Lesson 4
Read the Selection:
The Mother Who Lost Her Daughter
Lesson 5
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension / Lesson 6
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Perform a Play
Lesson 7
Respond to the Play / Lesson 8
Respond: Language Arts and Literature

*Selection Test 13

Lesson 9

Respond: Content Area Connections

Week 14

Unit 4 / Unit 4: Day 6 / Unit 4: Day 7 / Unit 4: Day 8 /

Unit 4: Day 9

/ Unit 4: Day 10

Theme 1

(cont.) / Lesson 10
Prepare to Read a Poem

Lesson 11

Set Purpose
Listen and Read
Review Vocabulary /

Lesson 12

Respond:
Check Comprehension
Lesson 13
Prepare to Read a Science Article / Lesson 14
Read the Selection:
The Big Blast

Lesson 15

Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension /

Lesson 16

Set Purpose
Listen and Read
Review Vocabulary
Lesson 17
Respond: Check Your Understanding / Lesson 18
Respond to the Article
Lesson 19
Respond: Content Area Connection
*Selection Test 14
Language Acquisition Assessment: Relative Clauses

Week 15

Unit 4 / Unit 4: Day 11 / Unit 4: Day 12 / Unit 4: Day 13 /

Unit 4: Day 14

/ Unit 4: Day 15
Theme 2:
An Enduring Legacy / Lesson 1
Introduce Theme 2
Lesson 2
Build Language Vocabulary /

Lesson 3

Prepare to Read a Biography
Lesson 4
Read The Selection:
Anne Frank / Lesson 5-7
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension / Lesson 8
Respond: Check Your Understanding
Lesson 9
Respond: Content Area Connections / *Selection Test 15
Lesson 10
Respond to the Biography
Language Acquisition Assessment: Present Perfect Tense

Week 16

Unit 4 / Unit 4: Day 16 / Unit 4: Day 17 / Unit 4: Day 18 /

Unit 4: Day 19

/ Unit 4: Day 20

Theme 2

(cont.) / Lesson 11
Prepare to Read
Read the Selection:
The Diary of a Young Girl
Lesson 12
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension / Lessons 13-14
Set Purpose
Read and Think
Check Comprehension /

Lesson 15

Respond to the Diary

Lesson 16

Respond:
Language Arts and Literature / *Selection Test 16 /

Lesson 17

Respond: Content Area Connections
Self-Assessment
Writing Project / Introduce Writing that Informs and Explains:
Content-Area Report / Writing Project:
Prewrite
Draft / Writing Project:
Revise
Grammar in Context / Writing Project:

Edit and Proofread

Publish
Writing Assessment Rubric / Unit 4 Test

Week 17

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Week 18

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