(5) Cross-curricular second language acquisition/WRITING.
(A) learn relationships between sounds and letters of the English language to represent sounds when writing in English;
(B) write using newly acquired basic vocabulary and content-based grade-level vocabulary;
(C) spell familiar English words with increasing accuracy, and employ English spelling patterns and rules with increasing accuracy as more English is acquired;
(D) edit writing for standard grammar and usage, including subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, and appropriate verb tenses commensurate with grade-level expectations as more English is acquired;
(E) employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content area writing commensurate with grade-level expectations, such as: (i) using correct verbs, tenses, and pronouns/antecedents; (ii) using possessive case (apostrophe s) correctly; and (iii) using negatives and contractions correctly;
(F) write using a variety of grade-appropriate sentence lengths, patterns, and connecting words to combine phrases, clauses, and sentences in increasingly accurate ways as more English is acquired; and
(G) narrate, describe, and explain with increasing specificity and detail to fulfill content area writing needs as more English is acquired.
Cloze Sentences
Dialogue Journal
Double Entry Journal
GIST
Letter Writing
Paragraph Frames
Quick/Free Write
Read, Write, Pair, Share
Roving Paragraph
Sentence Sort
Sentence Strips
Word Sort
with little ability to use English.
without focus and coherence, conventions, organization, voice.
labels, lists, and copies of printed text and high-frequency words/phrases, short and simple, practiced sentences primarily in present tense with frequent errors that hinder or prevent understanding.
allow drawing and use of native language to express concepts.
allow student to use high frequency recently memorized, and short, simple sentences.
provide short, simple sentence stems with present tense and high frequency vocabulary.
with limited ability to use English in content area writing.
best on topics that are highly familiar with simple English.
with simple oral tone in messages, high-frequency vocabulary, loosely connected text, repetition of ideas, mostly in the present tense, undetailed descriptions, and frequent errors.
allow drawing and use of native language to express concepts.
allow writing on familiar, concrete topics.
avoid assessment of language errors in content area writing.
provide simple sentence stems and scaffolded writing assignments.
grade appropriate ideas with second language support.
with extra need for second language support when topics are technical and abstract.
with a grasp of basic English usage and some understanding of complex usage with emerging grade appropriate vocabulary and a more academic tone.
provide grade appropriate writing tasks.
allow abstract and technical writing with linguistic support including teacher modeling and student interaction.
provide complex sentence stems for scaffolded writing assignments.
grade appropriate content area texts with little need for linguistic support.
to develop and demonstrate grade appropriate writing.
with clarity and precision nearly comparable to native speakers
with occasional difficulties with naturalness of language.
provide complex grade-level appropriate writing tasks.
allow abstract and technical writing with minimal linguistic support.
use genre analysis to identify and use features of advanced English writing.