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Engage ELL learners in collaborative reading activities using voices in unison, Four Corners discussion, Keystone Passages exploration, collaborative posters, and more. Foster language development and critical thinking skills in a dynamic classroom setting.
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ELD Collaboration May 17, 2012 Eric Antuna eantuna@psusd.us Mandy Gonzales mgonzales@psusd.us Brian Lentz blentz@psusd.us ELL Specialists
Multi Voiced Reading • Each group for 4-6 decide how to read a text using their voices in unison, in turn, or in some combination of the two • They may break up the text by sections, sentences, phrases, or single words
Demo “The Dog and the Wolf”
Four Corners • Use as an opening, closing, listening, and/or speaking practice.
Demo “The Dog and the Wolf”
Who made the better choice? • As a group, have a discussion about what you chose your particular corner. Come up with at least three reasons. • Elect a leader who will speak for your side. • Your leader will present your reasons to the other group and try to convince the members of the opposing group to join them.
Keystone Passages to use Four Corners • Level A • Chasing Veermer • Fact or Fiction • Level B • Ali Child of the Desert • 2 corners: Would you rather be a hunter or a gatherer? • 4 corners: Which lifestyle type would you chose? • Level C • Womens Right to Vote • Level D • Little Prince • Ginger for the Heart • Did she do the right thing by not leaving her father? • Bridges • Informational Section on Deserts and Forest
Values Line Up • Students physically align themselves along a continuum or imagined Likert scale depending on their agreement or disagreement with a given statement.
Reading in Four Voices • Annabel Lee • Each student chooses a font to read. • Have each student read their part. • Extension – have students create their own breaks
Collaborative Poster • In groups of 4-5, students create a poster on a given topic/text. • The group must reach consensus on: • an image • a quote • an original phrase • Each student should have their own color marker.