Moving From Spoken to Written Language With ELLs

<strong><em>Mastering spoken language is the key to writing success for English Language Learning</em></strong><br /><br />ELLs struggle to meet the writing demands of the Common Core State Standards. In this book ELL expert Ivannia Soto demonstrates how oral language development is the key to building writing skills. She offers educators a powerful set of tools for implementation at both classroom and policy levels including:<br /><br /><span class=Apple-tab-span style=white-space: pre;></span>•<span class=Apple-tab-span> </span>Exciting spoken techniques such as Socratic Seminar Frayer model and Think-Pair-Share that build vocabulary and <span class=Apple-tab-span style=white-space: pre;></span>   extend into academic writing   <br /><span class=Apple-tab-span style=white-space: pre;></span>•<span class=Apple-tab-span> </span>Approaches to teaching three essential styles of writing: argumentative procedural and narrative<br /><span class=Apple-tab-span style=white-space: pre;></span>•<span class=Apple-tab-span> </span>Sample lesson plans and graphic organizer templates<br /><div> </div>