Writing/Language Arts ESOL Strategies

Strategy 1: Collecting and Processing Words: Making Vocabulary Your Own (Vocabulary Four Square)

Grade: 2

LAFS.2.W.1.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinon and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1 English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

This activity helps students' to develop both better speaking and writing vocabularies. It supports understanding nuances as well as is continually building a repertoire of words and meanings that will help increase their oral language and stories. Often times students' struggle with vocabulary and this strategy can greatly help ELL students understand better. For this strategy students can create a chart collecting vocabulary words from their reading. The chart will consist of the defintion, a picture, and how they would use the word. Later that week the teacher would review and go over all the new vocabulary the students' have learned and recorded in their charts.

Source: Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2012). Collecting and Processing Words: Making Vocabulary Your Own. In 50 strategies for teaching English language learners (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Strategy 2: Cohesion Links: Understanding the Glue That Holds Paragraphs Together

Grade: 2

ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1 English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

LAFS.2.W.2.5 With guidance and supprot from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

This strategy is to help students understand what the structure of a paragraph should be. To begin the teacher will show an example of paragraph and read one sentence at a time and take it apart. They should talk about substitution, capitals and punctuation. The students can then practice this in pairs and point out the mistakes. The class should continue to go over the mistakes of the paragraph. Activities like this help ELL students' support their understanding of both written and spoken material.

Source: Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2012). Cohesion Links: Understanding the Glue That Holds Paragraphs Together. In 50 strategies for teaching English language learners (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Strategy 3: Language Focus Lessons: Supporting English Vocabulary and Structure Acquisiton (vocabulary and sentence structure)

Grade: 2

ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1 English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

LAFS.2.RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

This structure of writing is so important to teach students'. This strategy focuses on English vocabulary and the content of the writing. Teachers should use visuals and hands-on demonstrations to show what writing should look like. The teacher should give the students time to observe the writing and see what is wrong/right about it. This strategy gives students' sentence structure to complete.

Source: Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2012). Language Focus Lessons: Supporting English Vocabulary and Structure Acquisiton. In 50 strategies for teaching English language learners (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Strategy 4:

LAFS.2.W.1.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1 English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

Scaffolding English Writing: Matching Instruction to Language Development.

Students will write and create their own opinion peice to develop their language. Students will be able to work at home to complete the writing. They can use the worksheet format.

Source: Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2012). Scaffolding English Writing: Matching Instruction to Language Development. In 50 strategies for teaching English language learners (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Strategy 5:

LAFS.2.W.1.3 Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1 English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

Culture Studies: Learning Reseach Skills and Valuing Home Cultures in One Project.

For this strategy students will research their home culture and create a project. They will have to have a one page summary and correct grammar structure. Students will also be able to use visuals. This strategy will give the ESOL students a chance to share their culture and heritage background.

Source: Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2012). Culture Studies: Learning Reseach Skills and Valuing Home Cultures in One Project. . In 50 strategies for teaching English language learners (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Strategy 6:

LAFS.2.W.2.5 With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1 English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

Learning Strategy Instruction: Acquiring Self-Help Skills.

With help from the teachers and parents students will acquire help skills to improve their writing. They will create chart to help recall and remember the information presented.

Source: Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2012). Learning Strategy Instruction: Acquiring Self-Help Skills. . In 50 strategies for teaching English language learners (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Strategyg 7:

LAFS.2.SL.1.3 Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1 English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts

necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

Verb Action: Teaching Irregular Verbs Through Experience

Source: Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2012). Verb Action: Teaching Irregular Verbs Through Experience. In 50 strategies for teaching English language learners (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Strategy 8:

LAFS.2.W.3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1 English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

Recall Information

Source: Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2012). Scaffolding English Writing: Matching Instruction to Language Development. In 50 strategies for teaching English language learners (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Strategy 9:

LAFS.2.W.3.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).

ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1 English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

Create a Research Writing Project

Source: Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2012). Scaffolding English Writing: Matching Instruction to Language Development. In 50 strategies for teaching English language learners (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Strategy 10:

LAFS.2.W.2.6 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1 English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts.

Create Your own Publishing Article

Source: Herrell, A., & Jordan, M. (2012). Scaffolding English Writing: Matching Instruction to Language Development. In 50 strategies for teaching English language learners (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.