Tag: curriculum
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Compare and Contrast in an ELD Curriculum
Today, I want to discuss one of my favorite language functions- compare and contrast and its use in an ELD curriculum. Understanding language functions and their place in both an English language development and general curriculum is key to teaching multilingual learners. Language functions are the purpose for which language is used. They are what…
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Language Forms in an ELD Curriculum
I previously wrote about high-yield language functions, but if language functions are the verbs used to learn language, what are language forms and how do we use language forms in an ELD curriculum? Typically when we talk about language forms, we are referring to three levels of language, the discourse level, sentence, and word levels.…
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Do you have an ELD Curriculum?
If the number one question I get asked as an EL/ML teacher is, “Do you speak Spanish?” [answer: no, how would that help my Arabic-speaking students], the other question is, “Do you have an ELD curriculum?” That answer is not as pat. Some Reasons for No ELD Curriculum At no time during my 22 years…