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The ELA Common Core and English as a Second Language: Meeting the Challenge Claudia Leon ESL Teacher Bay Shore Middle School Bay Shore, NY

Common Core and ELLs: Meeting the Challenge

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The ELA Common Core and English as a

Second Language: Meeting the Challenge

Claudia LeonESL Teacher

Bay Shore Middle SchoolBay Shore, NY

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Text is at the heart of the Common Core.• Texts will be indexed at higher levels.

Evidence based writing is emphasized.• ELLs are expected to learn the content in their second language.

How do the new Common Core ELA standards effect ELLs?

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Today's presentation will focus on:

How to bring the ELA Common Core Standards into your ESL classroom.

How to expose your ELLs to rigorous text and academic vocabulary.

How to incorporate art into your ESL curriculum so as to improve literacy and stimulate writing.

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How to bring the ELA Common Core Standards into your ESL classroom

http://wg.serpmedia.org/

Word Generation is a research-based vocabulary program for middle school students

designed to teach words through language arts, math, science, and social studies classes.

The program employs several strategies to ensure that students learn words in a variety of

contexts.

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The people behind Word Generation

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Strategic Education Research Partnership

Boston Public Schools

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Spencer Foundation

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

The Noyce Foundation

Support for Word Generation provided by

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Word Generation

Let me show you a sample unit

that I used withmy ELLS

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Focus Words

strategyresearch

citephasedata

Each vocabulary word has its own worksheet.

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I call out the verbs and the students fill in the blanks. This incorporates listening practice into the lesson.

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The students work in pairs to complete the "Write It" sentence.

The students work independently to complete the "On Your Own“ sentence.

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Here is a Word Wall with sentence &

question starters. Accountable Talk is

an important element in my classroom.

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Accountable Talk

This refers to the ways that teachers skillfully encourage students to think deeply, articulate their reasoning and listen with purpose.

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Preparing for the debate........

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Students work in pairs to write their "position paper."

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The WORD website offers some

sentence starters that will help begin

the debate.

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Here is another way to meet the challenges of the ELA CCLS

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Students complete a word box for each target vocabulary word.

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I combined the AIR materials with those from Stanford University.

http://ell.stanford.edu/teaching_resources/ela

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Scaffolding Activities

Materials prepared by Stanford University Graduate School of

Education

Build your ELLS' background knowledge

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Students analyzed analyzed the text with the

help of this graphic organizer.

The organizer allowed students to create some background knowledge about Lincoln, the Civil War and the Battle of

Gettysburg.

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Primary Sources were examined.

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Students used this form to analyze the photographs, and in doing so built

some background knowledge about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.

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Incorporating Art into your ESL curriculum

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Art as a Tool for Teachers of English Language Learners

The artwork is used as a springboard for literacy

Students learn vocabulary and see it in action

Students learn to assign words to images and engage in critical thinking

Students are encouraged to share prior knowledge as well as develop background knowledge.

The artwork allows for project-based assessment

Open-ended questioning welcomes and encourages all levels of responses.

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Strategies for Integrating Arts into Instruction(suggested by the Museum of Modern Art)

Use Open-Ended Questions to Draw Students’ Attention to the Artwork

“What do we see here?” or “What is going on here?”

“What do we see at the top, bottom, etc. of the artwork?”

“What small details, shapes, colors, etc. can we find in the artwork?”

Connect Students’ Personal Experiences and Prior Knowledge to the Artwork

“Does anybody know what musical instrument this is?”

“Has anybody ever been to a place that looks like this? When?”

“Does this remind you of anything you’ve seen around your house or your

school?”

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Create a Narrative or Thematic Understanding of the Artwork

“What is the person in this painting doing? What are they going to do next?”“What do we notice about the expressions on these people’s faces? What emotions might they be feeling?”“Does this remind us of any stories from our childhood? Which ones?”

Allow for Students to Express Personal Reactions to the Artwork

“Anthony has said that this piece makes him think of music and dancing. Does anybody else get a similar feeling?”

“Why would an artist use all of these dark colors in a painting? What feelings or emotions might she be trying to express to her viewers?

Strategies, continued....

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Compare & Contrast the paintings "George Washington Crossing the Delaware River.”

Beginners, intermediate and

advanced ELLs took part in this activity.

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My intermediate and advanced ELLs completed this graphic organizer to better comprehend the painting, and

to acquire some vocabulary they could use in their essays.

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My beginning ELLS completed this modified version of the previous graphic organizer. They were required to

write 1 descriptive paragraph.

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My beginning ELLs received a print out of this picture to help them write their paragraph.

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My school librarian created this for struggling students who had no background knowledge of

George Washington.

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My intermediate and advanced students used this booklet to plan out their compare/contrast

essay.