Helping English learners to write : meeting common core standards, grades 6-12 / Carol Booth Olson, Robin C. Scarcella, Tina Matuchniak ; foreword by Steve Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, Carol Booth, author.

Series:

Common core state standards for literacy series

Common Core State Standards in Literacy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching (Middle school)--Foreign speakers.

English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Foreign speakers.

English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

Language arts (Middle school)--Standards--United States--States.

Language arts (Secondary)--Standards--United States--States.

Common Core State Standards (Education).

Language arts (Secondary)--Standards.

Language arts (Secondary).

Language arts (Middle school).

English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Teachers College Press, [2015]

Summary:

Using a rich array of research-based practices, this book will help secondary teachers improve the academic writing of English learners. It provides specific teaching strategies, activities, and extended lessons to develop EL students' narrative, informational, and argumentative writing. It also explores the challenges each of these genres pose for ELs and suggests ways to scaffold instruction to help students become confident and competent academic writers. Showcasing the work of exemplary teachers, Helping English Learners to Write includes artifacts and written work produced by students with varying levels of language proficiency as models of what students can accomplish. Readers can use this book to: Help ELs meet the writing demands of the Common Core State Standards. Plan and set goals for instruction. Supplement existing English language arts or English language development curricula with teacher-tested strategies, activities, and lessons. Develop a community of learners. Create safe classroom spaces in which students are encouraged to participate, even those with less-than-perfect English. Design and implement culturally responsive instruction, building on students' strengths. Book jacket.

Contents:

English learners: who are they, and what do they need to meet the Common Core Standards for writing?

Best practices for teaching writing to English learners

Narrative writing and CCSS

Informative/explanatory texts and CCSS

Argumentative writing and CCSS.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-168) and index.

ISBN:

9780807756331

0807756334

0807773670

9780807773673

OCLC:

898419664