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Educator Resource Center · WIDA 2020 Framework Aligned

Teacher Hub

Share a world, an adventure, a grade band, a support pathway, or a language domain. Students start from the link. Practice evidence stays on the student device unless they export a passport file. Do not treat that file as an ACCESS result.

Instant Classroom Launch Links (Case 01)

Share any of these URLs with students to launch The Lantern in the Stacks directly with preset grade bands and pathways:

Guided Communicator

High-support entry with visible sentence frames, focused reading excerpt, and core word bank.

Developing Communicator

Balanced challenge with complete story texts and on-demand starters when needed.

Independent Communicator

Extended academic synthesis with a second corroborating source and unprompted drafting.

Curriculum Matrix · 9 Worlds

Worlds, Standards & Lesson Guides

Aligned for classroom practice to the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. This is not an official WIDA score, ACCESS score, or proficiency level.

World 01Inform

The Mystery Files

ELD-LA · Inform & Argue

Description, questioning, evidence, and inference

World 02Explain

The Explorers' Guild

ELD-SI / ELD-SS · Explain

Sequencing, directions, comparison, and explanation

World 03Explain

Science City

ELD-SC · Explain & Argue

Scientific explanation, cause and effect, and evidence

World 04Narrate

The History Portal

ELD-SS · Narrate & Explain

Narration, chronology, perspective, and comparison

World 05Explain

The Word Forge

ELD-LA · Inform & Explain

Vocabulary, morphology, syntax, and meaning

World 06Argue

The Diplomacy Chronicles

ELD-SI / ELD-SS · Argue

Conversation, argumentation, negotiation, and perspective

World 07Argue

The Media Detectives

ELD-LA / ELD-MA · Argue

Critical reading, interpretation, synthesis, and argumentation

World 08Explain

The Communication Lab

ELD-LA / ELD-SC · Explain & Argue

Academic speaking, extended writing, and revision

World 09Argue

The Language Nexus

All 5 WIDA Standards · Integrated Transfer

Integrated academic communication and independent transfer