modifying worksheets, study materials, essays and tests for ell students
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Modifying Worksheets, Study Materials, Essays and Tests for ELL Students. by Christine Scheid. WORKSHEETS Highlight Options Underline clues. WORKSHEETS Eliminate choices. WORKSHEETS Shorten length. WORKSHEETS Use chapter questions or comprehension check questions from teacher’s manual. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Modifying Worksheets, Study Materials, Essays and Tests
for ELL Students by Christine Scheid
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WORKSHEETS
• Highlight Options
• Underline clues
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WORKSHEETS
• Eliminate choices
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WORKSHEETS
• Shorten length
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WORKSHEETS
1) Use chapter questions or comprehension check questions from teacher’s manual
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STUDY MATERIALS
• Use books on tape and recordings that accompany content reading
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STUDY MATERIALS
• Make your own recordings of books and content reading
Who can do this? Students Volunteers Family members
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STUDY MATERIALS
• How is it done?
Speak slowly Use music Commercially
produced is less effective
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STUDY MATERIALS
• Visit this site:
www.littleexplorers.com
• Dictionary quizzes Graphic organizers Vocabulary maps Alternative worksheets
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TESTS
• Give tests orally
Arrange for a bilingual student/parent to interpret oral test
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TESTS
• Simplify the language you use in the directions and test questions.
Eliminate words Give straightforward
commands
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TESTS
• Offer writing prompts or cloze versions of essays.
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TESTS
• Encourage use of the index and pictures in the book.
• Put page #s next to the question.
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TESTS
• Test/grade only the specific skill or concept – don’t test language
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TESTS
1) It’s not a crime to…• Give clues.• Recast the question to allow for multiple choice or
yes/no answers. • Divide word bank portions into 2 smaller sections.• Tailor the test to your student’s acquisition level.
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Helpful Websites for Vocabularywww.Googleimage.com
www.unitedstreaming.com
www.littleexplorers.com
http://www.vocabularya-z.com/Has a vocabulary lesson generator. Sign up for a free trial month.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htmMany useful interactive websites for different skills by grade level. http://www.vocabulary.com
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/maggie_science.htmHas games labeling science vocabulary. http://www.brainpop.comThis site features comic videos explaining different topics.
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Useful Resources
• The More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook: ESL for Every Classroom Teacher, Barbara Law and Mary Eckes.
• Meeting the Needs of Second Language Learners: An Educator’s Guide, Judith Lessow-Hurley.
• Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL: A Resource book for K-12 Teachers, Suzanne F. Peregoy and Owen F. Boyle.
• Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners, Jane D. Hill and Kathleen M. Flynn.
• “What Can You Do to Help the ELL in Your Classroom? Effective Classroom Strategies,” handbook compiled by Melissa Moe, CESA #11.