Strategies

The One-Pager Strategy

is an excellent multimodal strategy that can be used in an ESL or content classroom. In a blog posted on the NCTE website, Jill Yamasawa Fletcher (2018) describes how she uses a one-pager with her students. Click HERE to read her post.

Betsy Potash (2018) approach is similar. She asks her students to sketch one visual symbol that represents the text’s main theme. Then write out two quotations that show the author’s style. Include a sketch and a sentence representing the setting. Make connections between the text and current events using sketches and text. Examine one or two main characters and their development. Identify three symbols through sketches or text. Finally, include a statement about one thing they connected with in the reading. Interestingly enough, research says that sketching or "drawing is the fastest and most effective way to learn". Click on the image to the left to read the full article .

I Spy Writing Prompt

(Adapted from @TaraMartinEDU )

How It Works: ask students to select an Image; name it; write a memory that they associate with the image; share with a partner or class.