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.
What You Say: Language Context Matters Resource ID#: 56900 Primary Type: Lesson Plan This document was generated on CPALMS - www.cpalms.org In this lesson students will analyze three texts (Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue," Richard Rodriguez's "Se Habla Espanol," and Zora Neale Hurston's "How it Feels to be Colored Me") looking at language, tone, and style. Students will be scaffolded through use of graphic organizers and a Socratic Seminar to culminate in an essay about tone. Subject(s): English Language Arts Grade Level(s): 9, 10 Intended Audience: Educators Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter, Internet Connection, LCD Projector, Overhead Projector Instructional Time: 5 Hour(s) Resource supports reading in
These assessments help support their student’s academic achievement and language proficiency. The data taken from the standardized tests is used to help determine student’s percentile score. There are also informal assessments which are combined into two distinctive types of categories: structured and unstructured. Structured consists of helping students improve in writing skills by utilizing a journal from beginning to the end of the school year. Frank Smith, (2004), argues that teachers should model collaboration for their students by participating with them in writing skills for brainstorming, composing, and editing.
My students will develop a community that respects each other in the classroom as well as out of the classroom. Once these goals have been met I feel that the rest of the year will be smooth sailing! (Gallagher, 1999-2012). In the field of education, good classroom management is essential ( Froyer & Iverson, 1999) . Encouraging and establishing student self-control through a process of promoting positive student achievement and behavior is what every classroom needs.
| Inclusion: Making It Happen So All Students Progress | Prince George’s County Public Schools | | Davina Hurt | 4/29/2013 | Kuhns, D., & Chapman, P. (2006). How does shared decision making impact inclusion. National Forum Of Special Education Journal, 17(1), 1-17. Retrieved from http://www.nationalforum.com/Electronic Journal Volumes/Kuhns, Deborah E How does shared decision making impact inclusion.pdf. The article is review of research done on the impact of shared decision-making as an effective tool to empower and collaborate with a team required to support the progress of students with special needs.
Visual text is included in the form of editorial cartoons and photos as well. In each case, the intent is to have students explore the deeper meanings of the words or images to form conclusions or connections with course themes, current issues, or other assignments by understanding an author’s purpose, intention, and audience. Students write short responses such as rhetorical précis, have guided classroom discussion, or work in partners or in small groups with guided questions from the teacher to stimulate their interaction.
The students also become able to work on individual goals while also participating in the classroom community with their peers. Another beneficial quality includes the fact that each of the parents can now feel including in their education and the activities of their neighborhood schools. One of the most important qualities of this program is that the students that were once excluding into self-contained classrooms or were homebound can now develop friendships with a wide variety of other children with their own individual wants, needs and abilities. One last reason that inclusion is beneficial is that inclusion positively convinces both the school and the community to appreciate the diversity provided by the inclusion
VARK is a magnificent tool online that simply helps identify the different types of learning styles that are out there and helps guide individuals in the right path as far as learning goes. VARK stands for Visual, Aural, Read/write, and last but not least Kinesthetic. Visual, Aural, and Read/write mean exactly what they say. These individuals learn best by doing just that. Visual learners need to see things in order to learn, aural learners are better when they hear the information, and reading/writing learners perform best reading information and writing it down.
The culturally responsive classroom “specifically acknowledges the presence of culturally diverse students and the need for these students to find connections among themselves and with the subject matter and the tasks the teacher asks them to perform” by using instructional strategies which, place students into “cooperative learning groups, [an environment wherein] culturally familiar speech and events [are discussed], [and] wait time for students from CLD backgrounds [is] adjusted to enhance classroom participation and development of critical thinking skills.” (Brown, p.60,
The teacher also showed a great understanding and example to the other pupils by involving the child as much as possible in the curricular activities she was able to take part in such as P.E and Art as well as being read to. This coincided with the SEN code of practise (DfES 2001) which states that every child with special education needs should be offered full access to a broad balanced and relevant education including an appropriate curriculum for the foundation stage and the national