Using Sentence and Paragraph Frames with ELLs for Essay Writing and Regents Exams
Who a are w e we? e? Katie G e Goldacker er Kristine ne W Wynne nne ✗ Teac ✗ Teac aching for 1 3 year ars aching for 7 year ars ✗ Certif ✗ Secondar ifie ied in TESOL ary ENL Teache her ✗ Certif Pk Pk-1 1 2 2, Spanish 7-1 1 2 2, ifie ied in TESOL Pk-1 1 2 2, SBL BL/SDL So Social St Studies 7-1 1 2 2 ✗ Secondar ✗ Social Studi ary ENL Teache her dies es/ENL Teacher er ✗ Former Spanish ✗ Most ex h Teac acher exper erience at the e HS ✗ Most ex exper erience at the e level el, co-teac aching Global al, HS HS level, co-teac aching ELA LA a and nd stand nd-al alone ELA LA a and nd stand nd-al alone 2
By t the en e end of this p pres esentation you w will lea earn: ★ the importance e of senten ence e frames es and d why hy i incorpo porating the hem is a u a useful strategy y to employ y in yo your classroom ★ ho how to use sentence fram ames to he help p your ELL LLs write essays i in E n ELA LA a and nd Social Studies St ★ ho how to modify the he fram ames you ar are given to m meet eet the n e need eeds o of y your studen ents 3
“Fair does NOT always mean equal.” 4
1 . What a are e sen enten ence e an and p par arag agrap aph fram ames an and w why sh shoul uld I use use t them?
What is a sentence frame/sentence starter/sentence stem? https://www.colorincolorado.org/video/using-sentence- frames-ells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ops6lTKWUWg A senten ence f e frame e is a _______ _________ ___. 6
Sentence and paragraph frames are most helpful with... ✗ Explanation ✗ Analysis ✗ Predictions ✗ Cause and Effect Using these frames provides our ELLs with words they wouldn’t necessarily be able to use fluidly on their own - i.e: TRANSITION words. 7
Sentence an and p par arag agraph f h fram ames w will be most st su successf sful i if y you... Pre-Teach important vocabulary and concepts ✗ Transition Words* ✗ Textual Evidence ✗ Quote ✗ Thesis ✗ Claim ✗ Counterclaim ✗ Literary Devices* ✗ Central Idea* ✗ Cite/Citation ✗ Analyze ✗ No personal pronouns in formal writing* 8
How the #$% @ do we get a kid with limited English to understand and pass the standardized tests they need to graduate?!
Disclaimer: The frames you are about to see and receive are not the end all-be all. We encourage you to modify them to fit the needs of your students (and co- teachers). We will show a few English frames as well as a Global Studies Enduring Issues frame but first...the rubrics! 10
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Thanks! Any questions? You can email us at: ✗ mgoldacker@ccsdli.org ✗ kwynne@ccsdli.org 35
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