ELD Collaboration

May 17, 2012Eric Antuna eantuna@psusd.us

Mandy Gonzales mgonzales@psusd.usBrian 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

single sentence

unison

phraseentire paragraph

section

Demo

“The Dog and the Wolf”

Four Corners

• Use as an opening, closing, listening, and/or speaking practice.

Demo

“The Dog and the Wolf”

dog wolf

Who made the better choice?

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.

agree disagree

somewhatagree

somewhatdisagree

Example in Holt 10th Grade

confused sad

angry moved

agree disagree

somewhatagree

somewhatdisagree

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.

Martin Luther King“I Have a Dream” Speech

Cesar Chavez Speech

Map Practice

Map Practice

Map Practice