Modifying a Lesson Plan for English Language Learners (ELL) By Linda Brown Teaching Literacy to ELL Students E6536 Instructor: Ella Benson Argosy University As the number of English learners increases in schools across the United States, educators are seeking effective ways to help them acquire the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the classroom. The SIOP Model* is a research-based and validated model of sheltered instruction. Professional development in the SIOP Model helps teachers plan and deliver lessons that allow English learners to acquire academic knowledge as they develop English language proficiency. The Center for Applied Linguistics is an excellent place for educators to gather research-based tools for working effectively with English Language Learners.This is a model, I will use to create a lesson plan for ELL students. The key points are to clearly post, refer to, and review learning objectives and language objectives.
I think the aim of literacy is to teach children/young people the ability to understand the English language both verbally and non-verbally. Children/young people should be encouraged to explore the way the English language works for example through phonics for vocabulary, reading, writing and spelling, this will help children and young people to have the knowledge to be able to read, write and spell with confidence. Children and young people will be able to expand their vocabulary through holding literacy skills. Being a secondary school the school has an English department that teaches literacy to student from year 7 (key stage 3) through to year 13 (A level), students have 3 hours of English a week up to the end of their GSCS’s, A level English students would have 5 hours a week. We also have core studies, which are run by HLTA in the learning support department.
Donald Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton, and Francine Johnston (2008) explain that there are two purposes for word studies. First is to help students develop a general knowledge of English spellings. Second, word study increases their specific knowledge of the spelling and meanings of words. Word studies are developmental because teachers must differentiate instruction for different levels of word knowledge (Bear et. Al, 2008).
I believe that students also need to learn about effective communication strategies primarily in school so that they can find ways to work together with their teachers and peers to find academic success. The successful methods of communicating that is learnt in school can be carried out in communicating with others out side of school as well. Within the classroom I encourage
In addition to the experience a perspective HLTA will have to meet a number of training requirements. * Level 2 (GCSE A*-C) in Maths and English, as this will assist in HLTAs range of knowledge and help when needed to read up on variety of subjects to liase with the teacher to assist in delivering and planning effective lessons as required by the National Curriculum. * HLTA standards and qualifications as outlined by the Training and Development Agency for schools. This is outlined under three headings, 1. Professional attributes.
Teachers need to look at their ELL students as individuals with background knowledge, a culture, and prior knowledge. The goal of bilingualism is to teach the student English while appreciating their native culture including their ability to speak, read and write in their home language. Students, who continue to develop their native language while acquiring the English language, learn the second language faster. Due to this fact it is very important to get the student's parents involved in the education of their child, and to create a working relationship with their
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Alignment of Academic Standards with ELL Proficiency Standards Standards-based instruction or SBI is a very important part of the education reform today. The reason it is so important has to do with the fact that it shows a way to ensure that every student is exposed to curiculum that is both challenging and made to contribute to today’s complex world. SBI contains content standards witch tell what all students should know and be able to do at different levels of education. SBI gets teachers to raise expectations for all students and promotes the use of multiple assessment strategies in return this helps students to reach levels at different times and in different ways. SBI also requires a teacher to really differentiate her
• Teachers need to regularly and systematically use multiple indicators to assess and monitor children’s progress in reading and writing. The research-based statement stresses that for children to become skilled readers, they need to develop a rich language and conceptual knowledge base, a broad and deep vocabulary, and verbal reasoning abilities to understand messages conveyed through print. At the same time, it recognizes that children also must develop code-related skills: an understanding that spoken words are composed of smaller elements of speech (phonological awareness), the idea that letters represent these sounds (the alphabetic principle), and the knowledge that there are systematic correspondences between sounds and spellings. But to attain a high level of skill, young children need many opportunities to develop these strands interactively, not in isolation. Meaning, not sounds or letters, drives children’s earliest experiences with print.
315 Literacy Lesson Plan Leslie Stillwagon ECE315: Language Development in Young Children Instructor: Mar Navarro March 17, 2014 Literacy Lesson Plan Date: 03/17/2014Focus for lesson: literacyLesson plan No: 4Lesson objectives: * The students should be able to identify parts of the topic discussed, the problems and be able to give solutions * Students should be able to draw or write a response to show that they fully understand what is being taughtStandardsIn alignment with the language and literacy standards; * The students will engage actively in the process of reading and use a variety of strategies of comprehension to get the meaning of what is being discussed (Blackburn, 2008). * The students will play a part in the process of reading so that they can understand, respond as well as appreciate a wide variety of poetic, fiction and non-fiction texts.Lesson procedure Time | Teacher action | Student respond | Introduction of the lesson 15mins | Revise with the students on how to read while analyzing the important parts of the text and show them how to summarize stories while capturing the important parts of the texts. | Students read the content and comprehend | Main part of the lesson 40mins | Hand out the books to the students to read and discuss on how to analyze the content and write the vocabulary.Explain to them how to go about with questions and demonstrate using examples. | Students read, comprehend and make a summary from what is taught | Supervise 10mins | Go round looking at how the students are faring and help those who did not understand well be able to accomplish the task given | | Homework opportunities | Student support: Give support to any student who is less able | Extension activities | Strategies to support learning of a second languageAccelerate the development of English literacy through helping students * Make