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Secondary ELL/MLL Supports Playlist
Secondary ELL students often face unique challenges when it comes to participating fully in grade-level curriculum. However, there are a lot of ways for teachers to help their ELLs master both content and language at the same time. From creating a supportive classroom environment to thoughtfully planning scaffolds for all four modalities, the ten middle and high school teachers featured in the videos below offer examples of how it’s possible to meet the various needs of ELLs.
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goo.gl/sUA68N A middle school ELA teacher models how to
use and update vocabulary and inference walls to prepare students for new texts.
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Part 1: goo.gl/iCWno6 Part 2: goo.gl/iXgfgA
A middle school ELL teacher discusses and models how she first creates a welcoming environment for her ELL students and then uses “chapter walks” to set her ELLs up for
success in accessing dense text.
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Part 1: goo.gl/2gGJ8Q Part 2: goo.gl/Ay1tgA
A middle school ELD teacher discusses how she supports her ELLs during academic text
analysis discussions.
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Part 1: goo.gl/RcikUV Part 2: goo.gl/6yTbdb
A high school ELA teacher models how she scaffolds and adapts Socratic seminars with
the needs of her senior ELLs in mind.
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Part 1: goo.gl/7kv14a Part 2: goo.gl/zZqS5j
A high school ELA teacher discusses how he promotes college readiness for his senior ELLs by building out a weekly period for
literature circles.
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Secondary ELL/MLL Supports Playlist Cont.
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Newcomers
Reading/ Writing
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goo.gl/gKmHkJ A high school Math teacher speaks about and shows how she scaffolds her Algebra class
for her newcomer ELLs.
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goo.gl/gdEPM6
A high school ELL teacher explains how she uses pre-reading strategies like explicit
vocabulary instruction and activating prior knowledge to support her ELLs’ reading
comprehension.
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Part 1: goo.gl/5AwHsC Part 2: goo.gl/672hqd Part 3: goo.gl/pnqUkQ
A high school ELA teacher shows how he builds foundational literacy skills, including phonics instruction, in his ELA class for his
newcomer ELLs. He also discusses and models how he strategically utilizes visuals
to enhance his classroom instruction.
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A high school ENL and ELA teacher discusses how she uses stations to support
the literacy development of her SIFE students.
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A high school science teacher describes how he uses project based learning and students’ home languages to deepen learning for his
ELL students.
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