ELL Strategies & Technology

Scaffolding English Writing

Writing Challenges for ELLs:

• The mechanics of writing
• English proficiency
• Content knowledge (Sousa, 2011, p. 92)

Teachers must provide:

• Scaffolding
• Modeling
• Monitoring
• Encouragement

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Modeled Writing

• Provides the beginning English student with a demonstration that shows how English sounds are represented by symbols. (Herrell & Jordan, 2012, p. 89)

Language Experience

• Involve the teacher modeling the writing process, but in this format, the students provide some input into what the teacher writes. (Herrell & Jordan, 2012, p. 90)

Shared Writing

• Students begin to share in the decision-making process, althought teacher is still doing all of the writing. (Herrell & Jordan, 2012, p. 93)

Interactive Writing

• Students ready to do some writing.
• Teacher leads students through a sequence of steps. (Herrell & Jordan, 2012, p. 93)

Adjusting Task According Students' Needs

• "Each of the writing development approaches can be adapted to the levels and needs of individual students" (Herrell & Jordan, 2012, p. 94).

Basic Writer's Workshop

"Gives students support through the stages of creating a written product" (Herrell & Jordan, 2012, p. 95) .

Steps in the Writing Process

• Prewriting
• Drafting
• Conferring
• Revising
• Editing
• Publishing
• Celebrating

Technology

• Google Docs
• Interactive
• Peer editing & comments
• Teacher feedback

Other Forms of Technology

• Classroom Blogs
• Virtual journals

Supporting ELLs in all subject areas

• Science
• Scaffolding Lab Write-ups
• Modify for levels of ELLs
• Sentence Starters
• Highlight Key Academic Vocab.

"English learners can succeed in learning to write in English when their teachers provide the support they need" (Herrell & Jordan, 2012, p. 99). ..