ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com

1
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
2
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 1 Assignment Strategies for the Four
Domains For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   The Four Domains. There are four domains in
English Language Development (ELD) reading,
writing, listening, and speaking. In this
assignment, you will research the four domains
and find effective instructional strategies
utilized to facilitate ELD. Write a paper that
includes the following
3
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 1 DQ 1 Whats Next for English
Language Learners For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Whats Next for
English Language Learners? Using information from
Chapter 2 and the A Guide to No Child Left
Behind article, identify the mandates of the No
Child Left Behind Act that affect English
language learners (ELLs). Compare the drop-out
rate of students in the United States and
students in the state in which you live. How do
you think the waiver will affect the current
drop-out rate in the United States and your state
of residence? How will any changes to the No
Child Left Behind Act affect ELLs?
4
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 1 DQ 2 Long-Term Learners For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Long-Term
English Language Learners. Chapter 1 of our text
defines long-term English learners (LTELs) as
students who have been in United States schools
for more than six years without reaching
sufficient English proficiency to be reclassified
for mainstream classes (Syrja, 2011, p. 15).
Using information introduced in Chapter 1 and
expounded upon in Chapter 3 of our text, address
the following   1. Describe the
characteristics of an LTEL.
5
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 2 Assessment and Placement of
English Language Learners For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Assessment and
Placement of English Language Learners. After
reading Chapters 7 and 9, write a two- to
three-page Reflection Paper addressing the
following items 1. Explain the purpose
assessment serves when placing English language
learners in appropriate educational
programming. 2. There are several
challenges that emerge as we assess English
language learners. Describe two of those
challenges. 3. Identify and defend
solutions to the challenges you described.
6
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 2 DQ 1 English Language Learner
Program Options For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   English Language
Learner Program Options. After reading Chapters 4
and 5 and the Linquanti article, Fostering
Academic Success for English Language Learners
What Do We Know?, select at least four bilingual
programs and describe the type of student that
would benefit most from each type of bilingual
program. What are the student characteristics
that make them amenable to a specific type of
bilingual program?  
7
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 2 DQ 2 Levels of Language
Acquisition For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Levels of Language Acquisition. After
reading Chapters 5 and 6, you should be more
familiar with the five stages of oral English
language acquisition as they have been identified
and discussed in detail. While the order of
stages is sequential, the amount of time students
spend at each stage can range from a few weeks
(silent period) to several years (intermediate
fluency). Watch and analyze the required video
segment, Stages of Language Development, along
with Table 6.1 in your text. As a beginning
teacher, you and your peers might have difficulty
identifying the next step you need to take in
order to move a student to the next level of
English proficiency.
8
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 3 Assignment Cultural Diversity
Presentation For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Cultural Diversity
Presentation. Chapters 11 and 12 of the text
illustrate the need for schools and teachers to
connect with families of English language
learners. To facilitate this collaborative
spirit, educators must encourage parents of all
cultures to become part of the school culture.
Think about what you would like parents to know
as they partner with you in educating their
child. What could parents share about their
culture that would help the classroom teacher be
more effective?
9
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 3 Assignment Cultural Diversity
Presentation For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Cultural Diversity
Presentation. Chapters 11 and 12 of the text
illustrate the need for schools and teachers to
connect with families of English language
learners. To facilitate this collaborative
spirit, educators must encourage parents of all
cultures to become part of the school culture.
Think about what you would like parents to know
as they partner with you in educating their
child. What could parents share about their
culture that would help the classroom teacher be
more effective?
10
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 3 DQ 2 Community Connections For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Communit
y Connections. Consider where you live and the
cultural diversity that is present in that
community. Who could you invite to your campus to
provide positive cultural role models for your
students? If your community is not culturally
diverse, do you feel the need to bring in
culturally diverse people and opinions? Why/why
not? Do you feel it is necessary to involve
different community entities in your school so
that cultural diversity is appreciated?
11
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 4 DQ 1 A Level 3 Science Lesson
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   A
Level 3 Science Lesson. Chapter 14 of your text
offers a Level 3 Science Lesson. Read the lesson
and answer the following questions 1. Was
this lesson appropriate for Level 3 (speech
emergence)? What are the characteristics of the
lesson that make it appropriate or not
appropriate?   2. How many opportunities
did students have to listen/speak/read/write?
12
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 4 DQ 2 Quiz Your Classmate For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Quiz
Your Classmate. Chapters 16, 17, and 18 provide a
cognitive progression of Sheltered Instruction
and English as a Second Language Instruction as
they are used to lead to effective language
acquisition. In this discussion post, read the
three assigned chapters and complete each of the
tasks below.   1. In your own words,
summarize one of the following main ideas from
the reading Ashers Total Physical Response
Sheltered Instruction
13
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 5 DQ 1 Strategies in the Content
Areas For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   Strategies in the Content Areas. Chapters 20
through 23 provide a focused look at explicit
instructional strategies that may be used in each
of the core content areas. After reading these
chapters and reviewing the various strategies for
teaching in the core content areas, select one
strategy and explain its use.
14
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com
ELL 240 Week 5 DQ 2 Cross-Cultural Communication
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Cro
ss-Cultural Communication. In any social setting,
people of different cultures need to communicate
respectfully. For teachers, this challenge may be
even greater as we confront our own biases and
prejudices while helping students understand and
manage their own. After reading the article
titled Six Fundamental Patterns of Cultural
Differences, discuss three of the six points
that you think would help teachers communicate
effectively with English language learners. Give
examples of how you would implement them in a
social setting. Reflect on areas you may need to
challenge yourself or expand your thinking.
15
ELL 240 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com