English Language Arts
Professional Development Resources
Reading
Lessons:
- ELA Lines of Inquiry are a series of lessons focused on improving reading skills and building content knowledge in social studies and science.
Resources:
- Evidence-Based Reading Instruction for the Beginning Adult Reader (PDF)
- Evidence-Based Reading Instruction for the Intermediate Adult Reader (PDF)
- Evidence-Based Reading Instruction for the Advanced Adult Reader (PDF)
- Comprehension – Concepts and Skills (PDF)
- Supporting the Development of Academic Mindsets in Adult Literacy Learners (PDF)
- Vocabulary – What to Teach (PDF)
- Vocabulary – Advanced Readers: Concepts and Skills (PDF)
Websites:
- CommonLit provides high-quality ELA instructional materials.
- Newsela offers content-rich resources for ELA instruction.
- Reading Skills for Today’s Adults (Formerly Marshal Adult Education) provides reading selections that focus on civics, employment, housing, health, school, money, and government.
- ReadWorks® provides free content, curriculum, and tools for teaching ELA.
Writing
- ELA Lines of Inquiry includes a series of lessons designed to prepare students to write an HSE extended response.
- GED® Language Arts Extended Response provides free videos, guidelines, and examples to prepare and practice for the essay section of the Language Arts test.
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL®) offers free resources on writing and teaching writing, research, grammar and mechanics, style guides, ESL, job search, and professional writing.