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100 ways to keep adolescent ELLs engaged
This versatile handbook is for middle school and high school educators who need to differentiate literacy instruction for adolescent ELL students at various stages of literacy competency. Adapted from the highly successful Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth & Achievement in Grades 7–12, the authors use brain-based strategies and texts that appeal to older learners who may have had interrupted formal education or come from newly arrived immigrant populations. More than 100 hands-on tools help teachers develop students' competencies in: Content areas, including vocabulary, concept attainment, and comprehension; Technology, such as information searching, evaluation, and synthesis; Creative applications and 21st century skills
Written for classroom teachers, reading specialists, curriculum developers, and instructional leaders, this one-stop source provides an expert guide to working with all of today's adolescent and teen English language learners.
Accelerating Literacy Learning
Accelerating Literacy Learning
Academic Accountability
In the Dark Ages, when the authors started teaching, we were not held accountable for much of anything related to student growth and achievement. Dialogue with the principal went something like this:
Your students are sitting in their chairs and raising their hands. It is good that your lesson plans are ready for the substitute. Have you thought about the new deadline for getting your grades to the office?
Then we began to focus on the expectation that teachers would follow a process when instructing. Dialogue with the principal then went something like this:
Your wait time is good and the ideas for initially engaging students at the start of the lesson seem to be working. You may want to write out ...
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