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Title	Category	Description	Source
Theme Unit and Lesson Planning Guide	ESL Literacy, Classroom practices	Effective theme teaching requires planning and intentional instruction. The purpose of this tool is to help instructors understand how components of a thematic unit are tied together and plan effective thematic units.	View Resource
Supporting ESL Literacy Learners	ESL Literacy, Classroom practices, Program development	Successful ESL literacy programs are sensitive to learners’ barriers and recognize that learners need support. This tool provides information on the ways a program and instructors can support and empower learners.	View Resource
Process of Strategy Instruction	ESL Literacy, Classroom practices, Reading	Literacy strategies are the methods that learners use to help them read, write and spell effectively. The purpose of this tool is to help instructors provide explicit and focused strategy instruction.	View Resource
Portfolio Planning and Implementation	ESL Literacy, Classroom practices	A portfolio is a systematic and purposeful collection of learners’ work that demonstrates achievement of learning outcomes over time. This tool supports instructors in planning effectively for portfolio assessment.	View Resource
Learning for LIFE: An ESL Literacy Handbook	ESL Literacy, Classroom practices, Program development	This practical handbook outlines promising practices in program considerations, strategies for the classroom and four different levels of ESL literacy.	View Resource
Learning for LIFE: An ESL Literacy Curriculum Framework	ESL Literacy, Curriculum, Program development, Classroom practices	Learning for LIFE: An ESL Literacy Curriculum Framework provides information, guidance and structure to help you develop a curriculum that is responsive to the needs of learners in adult ESL literacy programs.	View Resource
Guiding Principles for Teaching ESL Literacy Learners	ESL Literacy, Classroom practices, Program development	Twelve guiding principles for working with ESL literacy learners. The strategies reflect the diversity of this group and ensure that learners with interrupted formal education (LIFE) learn in an environment that encourages them to succeed.	View Resource
ESL Literacy Writing Profile	ESL Literacy, Writing, Reading	This writing profile provides a general summary of writing conditions and proficiencies from Phases I-III, based on the Canadian Language Benchmarks 2000: ESL for Literacy Learners.	View Resource