• Examples: response journals, critical analyses

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)

Character Traits
(B, I) Activity student analyzes character traits

Setting Stage
( B ) Activity beginner student draws a picture of an event and writes a simple description below

Cause & Effect
(I, T) Activity student completes cause & effect graphic organizer analyzing literature

Character Analysis
(B, I, T) Activity student completes table identifying character traits and describing evidence in literature that supports the claim

Fact & Opinion Statements
(I, T) Activity student lists statements in literature and distinguishes them as fact or opinion for response essay

Personal Schemata Connection
(B, I, T) Activity student lists items read and links them to personal schema by describing what each reading reminds the student of

Young Learner's Writing Workshop 1
(I, T) Lesson student follows basic essay structure for text analysis

Six Questions
(B, I, T) Activity student completes graphic organizer briefly describing  the following in literature analysis: who, what, where, when, why, how

Young Writer's Workshop 3
(I, T) Lesson uses themes to relate to a story by analyzing important themes

Text Connection
(I, T) Activity provides model guide to facilitate student to link text to world events and personal experiences

Plot Diagram
(I, T) Handout students analyzes plot including the following: introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Computer Assisted Sentence Production
(B, I) Online examples and activities to assist student construct basic sentences for the following topics: self introduction, food & drink, letter, favorites, daily schedule, frequent phrases, personal information

Guide to Grammar & Writing
(B, I, T) Provides A-Z library of handouts and activities for the following: word & sentence, paragraph, essay & research paper, grammar, quizzes, peripherals & PowerPoints

Proper Punctuation Methods
(I, T) Handout provides table demonstrating ways to combine independent and dependent clauses followed by descriptions and examples for common punctuation errors to avoid

Tools for Reading, Writing, & Thinking
(B, I, T) Graphic organizer library including the following topics: academic note-taking, cause & effect, claim / evidence / interpretation, characterization, classification, collaborative questions, compare / contrast, comparisons, conflict, discussion, event maps, expository writing, fact vs. opinion, four square perspective, inductive main idea, inference, key concepts, KWL, main idea, prediction, etc.

Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources
(I, T) Handouts provide explanations and examples for the following: plagiarism, paraphrase, summarize

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