English Literacy Development: Supporting ELLs with Limited Prior Schooling by Jennifer Kirton https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0 Jennifer Kirton en-us 2019-07-03 00:41:12 UTC 2019-07-03 01:39:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Much of the article talks about bringing in a student’s history, experience and identity into the classroom. However, many students with breaks in schooling also have experienced traumatic events. What are some good questions to pose for identity texts that will mitigate student’s traumatic pasts? jennifer_kirton https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021254 2019-07-03 01:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021254 jennifer_kirton https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021308
What are the student’s needs based on the STEP framework and document?


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  • Progression from ELD to ESL classes
  • Encourage students in ELD to take courses that focus on student participation such as music, health and physical education, art and international languages
  • Student profiles are important to get to know the student 
  • Have students create identity texts- photos, illustrations and student experience 
  • Scaffolding is very important 
  • Oral language tasks are the base of everything 
  • Use pictures to create engagement and have students bring in photos to base written work off of
  • Encourage use of L1
  • Small group work for reading and reading comprehension
    • ]]>     2019-07-03 01:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021416     jennifer_kirton https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021458 Students with gaps in schooling will take almost double the time to gain academic language proficiency as students who are proficient in L1


    ]]>     2019-07-03 01:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021458     jennifer_kirton https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021483 Many students also have a history of trauma, discrimination, culture shock etc


    ]]>     2019-07-03 01:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021483     jennifer_kirton https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021510 In 2007 Ontario released a groundbreaking policy to help ALL ELLs succeed, regardless of previous schooling level

    ]]>     2019-07-03 01:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021510     jennifer_kirton https://padlet.com/jennifer_kirton/5ps4iwo9foy0/wish/370021583 Understand the STEP framework and how to pick texts based on STEP levels

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