The aim of this working paper is to identify research-supported strategies for content that can be integrated effectively to promote the development of biliterate academic literacy by English language learners (ELLs) in middle-school bilingual classrooms. The paper provides a research-based summary of relevant learning needs of adolescent English language learners (ELLs) at the middle school level. The content strategies selected for inclusion in this paper will provide a scaffold for these learning needs and will be presented in an integrated framework supporting one of the curricular areas for eighth grade ELLs in the school district where the author teaches. This paper supplements and complements a related working paper focused on bilingual instructional strategies for reading and writing. (Contains 1 table.)