In the article ELL writing skills: Cultural patterns stand out, Douglas Magrath illustrates how patterns in writing differ across cultures and how those patterns may influence an ELL student’s production in writing and speaking. You can read his article in the September edition of the TESOL Multibrief.
Magrath, D., (September 9, 2015). ELL writing skills: Cultural patterns stand out, Retrieved from http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/ell-writing-skills-cultural-patterns-stand-out/education
Our first professional development for this school focused on getting to know the new ELP Standards that our state is adopting this year. We had a chance to learn a bit about how they came to be, what the main features of each of them are, what assessments we might use to measure progress on those standards, and what recording of progress will look like for our elementary ELL students this year.
Find the Powerpoint Presentation from this professional development here.
Click here to see the overviews of the standards as developed ELL teachers during our professional development. (link not yet active)
View Elementary ELP Standards Documents