Lift
Secondary/Teens
6 Levels
American English
Up to 15 Teaching Hours/Week
LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND CONTENT FOR CONTINUED ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN ENGLISH
Lift prepares multilingual teenagers with the academic language and literacy skills they need to study cross-curricular subjects and literature from around the world, participate in academic discussions, and apply themselves in and out of the classroom.
- Guided explorations of literature and nonfiction, supported by stories told through photography and video, help learners make connections across disciplines.
- A structured approach to skill-building, including textual analysis, close reading, and research, trains students for continued academic success in English.
- Academic speaking and writing practice in every lesson prepares learners to make valuable contributions in the classroom.
- Service-learning projects, inspired by the work of National Geographic Explorers, encourage learners to make a difference in their school, their community and the world.
- Digital teaching and learning tools hosted on the Spark platform help teachers plan, prepare, teach and assess their classes.
- Welcome level for pre-literate and newcomer students with high frequency vocabulary for a school environment, and subject-specific vocabulary for social studies, math, and science.
**The Welcome Level follows an instructional design that meets the needs of newcomer English learners - Levels Welcome and Intro offer a robust-systematic phonics program on the Spark platform to teach phonemic awareness, phonics, word structure, decoding and spelling, and high frequency words.
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Buying Options/Components
FOR STUDENTS
- Student's Book with the Spark platform
- Spark platform, Instant Access
- Language Companion
FOR TEACHERS
- Teacher's Book
- Spark Platform
ON THE SPARK PLATFORM
- Admin Tools
- Teacher's Resources
- Classroom Presentation Tool
- Online Practice
- Assessment Suite
- Course Gradebook
Bring your program to life with Spark
Bring the world to your classroom and the classroom to life with the Spark platform - where you can prepare, teach, and assess your classes all in one place!
- Manage your course and teach great classes with integrated teaching and learning tools.
- Track student and class performances on independent online practice and assessment.
- Set up classes and roster students quickly and easily on Spark.
Series Features
CONTENT
Authentic, relevant content inspires learning and helps students make connections accross disciplines.
CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
CONTENT-BASED NONFICTION ARTICLES
INQUIRY-BASED
VISUAL LITERACY
LITERACY
Uses enquiry-based learning with science and social studies content and authentic literature to build content knowledge and develop English literacy, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
READING COMPREHENSION
CRITICAL THINKING
ACADEMIC SPEAKING AND WRITING
SERVICE LEARNING
SELF ASSESSMENT
LANGUAGE
Provides the skills and strategies to understand stories and literature, and to work with more complex texts in the subject areas of science and social studies.
SCAFFOLDED LESSONS
EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION
FRAMES AND MODELS
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE
WELCOME
Welcome level for pre-literate and newcomer students with high frequency vocabulary for a school environment, and subject-specific vocabulary for social studies, math, and science.
High frequency vocabulary for a school environment and subject-specific vocabulary for social studies, science, and math ensure learners are set up for success in all their classes.
Learners practice vocabulary and language structures through reading passages, video, and ‘Reader’s Theater’ scripts.
A systematically sequenced series of activities increase oral and written vocabulary and develop academic language skills.
The Spark platform hosts further language support with speaking and listening opportunities, additional reading passages, and games and activities to practice language.
PHONICS
A robust-systematic phonics program on the Spark platform teaches phonemic awareness, phonics, word structure, decoding and spelling, and high frequency words.
Presentation-ready displays, with corresponding scripts in the Teacher’s Book, support effective instruction.
Sound spelling cards provide visual cues linking sounds and spellings.
A placement test informs at which of the four starting points each student should be placed within the Phonics program. Progress checks measure their cumulative decoding skills and knowledge of high frequency words.
Extensive skills practice, including age-appropriate decodable readings, ensures students build their foundational skills.