Teaching for ELLs

Many history students have learned about the devasting effects that colonization, removal from their lands and forced migration had on Native Americans. This reading explores additional impacts on the way of life, environment, cultivation of plants and European weapons had on Natives, particularly in New England. This is an adapted text appropriate for WIDA level 3 and 4 English Language Learners. Modifications include: simplified sentence structure, vocabulary footnotes, additional visuals, a f

Two tasks to help students start preparing for the WIDA ACCESS Speaking test and get students to speak longer. First task is restating the question. Many students are tempted to offer short answers of just a few words to answer a question minimally, but the better strategy is to echo the question, which boosts comprehension and vocabulary usage. After that, the second task is to give at least two reasons and pieces of evidence from a text. This is a basic speaking activity with minimal reading t