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I love graphic organizers, especially for writing. They help students keep their thoughts in line and well... organized. there are so many different kinds and I try to make as many available as possible. There are of course some students who don't need one but most student appreciate a little help when it comes to trying to write. It also makes it easy for my MLL students to just bullet their information instead of trying to write in complete sentences which is one way I can differentiate for them (especially level 1s and 2s). From TBEAR to RACES, to anything in between, students can find something that will help them understand what they need to include in their writing.

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In high school it's hard to do learning stations so I build them into my assignments. Different aspects of the assignment will call for listening or reading and writing. It will focus on vocabulary and different ways to complete that. There will be videos built in for visual learners while there will also be articles or secondary sources built in for readers. It allows all students an option in how they prefer to learn and utilize which way works best for them.

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Throughout the year we use current events to relate to students lives and what they may be interested in. We use NewsELA to find topics and articles that students can read and dissect to summarize the main points helping them to pull out main information which will help with other tasks in other readings like primary and secondary sources. The great thing about having students do this through a sight like NewsELA is that once you do something like read the article together, you can then have students adjust it to their reading level or even their language so that they can understand the material better. While you may want to make sure they do the preliminary reading on their actual grade level, once they get through that, we can adjust it to what they need to succeed and correctly summarize what is happening. This allows students to grasp and understand the actual content without fear of struggling through the reading and focusing on trying to translate words or read words that may be too high level for them.

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Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Students in my class are given choice on summative assessments on how they would like to complete them or the topic they would like to complete their assessment on. For unit 1 they had a choice of completing a poster board or slide deck on comparing and contrasting the 3 branches of government or the 3 philosophers (hobbes, locke, and rousseau). They were also allowed to work independently, in partners, or in groups. This allowed my MLL students the ability to work with others to complete this project and not feel that they were left out to struggle through something. Many chose to work with other MLL students who were a few levels higher than them so that they felt like they were part of the group and assisting in completing the project. Allowing for that choice made students feel like they had a say in their learning which helps students to stay engaged in the lesson/topic/assessment and continue to succeed.

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Mount Pleasant High School, Mount Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI

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Students are able to write in this L1 language or English, whichever they feel comfortable in, daily to answer a question. Questions are formatted so that there is no right or wrong answer and usually have to do with the topic of the lesson that we are working on or will be working on. It allows me to assess prior knowledge or check for understanding but not stress out a student who may be struggling because they are doing this individually. Students do talk to each other and do share out if they feel comfortable but they know that the only other person that will see this will be me. They do it daily in a google slide deck that I create for each student at the beginning of the quarter. They come in at the beginning of class take out their chromebooks and answer the question on the board. This not only gives them the freedom to answer honestly, but it creates a routine.