418+-+Agenda+-+4.18.17

1:50 - 2:05 - Welcome & Announcements
 * Notetaker: Meghan
 * Marshallese Celebration this weekend at Shaw Middles School!
 * [|Curriculum Project]
 * The last 3 weeks will be based on this
 * The class will be divided into sub-units
 * Goal: create material that teachers can tailor to their own curriculum. (No wordy lesson plans, keep it technical)
 * Ideas for Module: Project or Lesson (1 to 2) (These can last 1-5 days)
 * Both should include academic language
 * Start with content and then layer on academic language (Eventually map on a common core standard)
 * Make the lesson/project adaptable for teachers to change
 * Don't be boring!! (remember the Marshallese students stressed how class is always boring for them: avoid this)
 * This is a final project for this class-show what you learned!
 * Use Zwiers handouts in forming your curriculum (you will need to know this for the final exam)
 * Every person's discipline should be represented in each sub-unit
 * Target audience is Marshallese students
 * We picked topics as sub-units (topics listed on the google-doc)

2:05 - 3:00 - Supporting ELLs
 * CHEMS [[file:foundational principles_ells_revised.pptx]]
 * Review of the terms is attached
 * Connections
 * Fostering a relationship between the teacher and the English learners
 * High Academic Expectations
 * Challenge students outside of just learning the language
 * Explicit Attention to Language
 * Explicitly attend to language and support language
 * Multiple Pathways
 * Provide different and creative instructions and forms of assessment
 * Social Support
 * Separate from connections*
 * This emphasizes peer to peer relationships
 * A video around CHEMS was shown.
 * We connected different parts of CHEMS to this video, which involved an English language learner in a school system that did not aid to their English language learning.
 * The student was motivated by his self and his own ability.
 * The school system did not give Moises and other language learners an opportunity to show what they know because their main priority was achieving good test scores.
 * Moises did not have the necessary tools to help him show what he knew.
 * School system did not allow for appropriate supports.

> > [|Harper, C., & Jong, E. (2004). Misconceptions about teaching English‐language learners. //Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy//, //48//(2), 152-162.]
 * What specific aspects of your content area are likely to be challenging for ELLs? What aspects are conducive?
 * SLA [[file:A Brief Look at Second Language Acquisition History2 (2).pptx]]
 * Connect CHEMS to SLA
 * Immersion - http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/immersion
 * Housekeeping:**
 * For Thursday, __READ__ (there might be a mini quiz)