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Students will be able to engage in collaborative discussions using academic language and complete sentences to express their opinions and respond to peers' ideas.

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Grade 8 ELD Standard I.C.1: Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions on a range of social and academic topics.

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- I can use academic vocabulary in discussion
- I can express my opinion clearly
- I can build on others' ideas
- I can support my ideas with evidence

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Essential Question: 'How do different cultures influence our community?'
Students use think-pair-share with provided sentence frames:
- In my experience...
- From my perspective...
- I believe... because...

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Pre-teach key vocabulary using visual aids and TPR:
- influence
- perspective
- tradition
- diversity
- heritage

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Students create a Padlet post about their cultural background using sentence frames and share with partners. Include:
- One traditional celebration
- One family custom
- One favorite cultural food

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Structured Academic Discussion (10 mins)

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Structured Academic Discussion (10 mins)

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In groups of 4, students discuss similarities and differences in their cultural traditions using provided language frames:
- Our cultures are similar because...
- One difference I noticed is...
- I'd like to learn more about...

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Strategy OverviewHow This Strategy Supports Language DevelopmentSentence frames and sentence starters are a helpful way to support students’ academic language development both in their writing and speaking by prompting students to discuss content with more complex structures and thinking. Using these structures allows students to focus on the content concepts or skill without providing the answers. They also indirectly teach how content-specific language appears in context.Sentence frames can be used for writing and in discussions.

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Differentiation Scaffolds:
Emerging: Picture dictionary, basic sentence frames
Expanding: Paragraph frames, word bank
Bridging: Transition words, complex sentence structures

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Monitor student discussions using ELPAC Speaking Domain Rubric:
- Use of English vocabulary
- Language control
- Delivery
- Topic development

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Track student participation and language use with observation checklist:
□ Uses complete sentences
□ Incorporates vocabulary
□ Responds to peers
□ Supports ideas with details

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Students complete digital exit ticket on Padlet answering:
1. One new thing I learned about my classmates' cultures
2. One question I still have
3. One way cultures influence our community

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Students self-assess their participation using thumbs up/middle/down:
- I participated actively
- I used complete sentences
- I responded to others' ideas

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Interview a family member about a cultural tradition and prepare a short presentation using the sentence frames practiced in class.

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Complete 15 minutes of interactive language practice on Duolingo or similar platform, focusing on speaking and listening skills.