Description of the ELL:

My ELL’s name is Javier. He grew up in Peru, and moved with his parents to

Florida about a year ago. His two sisters live back in Peru with his grandparents, because his

parents could not afford to fly them all to the States yet. They are working on a ranch, and

hope to have their whole family over here someday when they get the money. Both of

Javier’s parent speak only Spanish at home. Though Javier still speaks Spanish at home and

with a few other ELL friends at school, he has shown much improvement in his English

speaking in the past year. He can speak very well socially, but still struggles academically,

especially with content- specific vocabulary. Because of this, I chose to use pictures (real

pictures rather than cartoons) and Spanish translations to help him as he learns our new

science vocabulary. I also intentionally picked some animals that are native to Peru, to add

some familiarity.

Jessica Volz

This is a semantic feature map that I found at: http://bayville.thinkport.org/printables/semantic_feature_map.pdf

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Animals (Animales)Characteristics(Características)

Eats plants (herbivore)Come plantas (herbívoro)

Eats meat (carnivore)Comer carne (carnívoro)

Eats plants and meat (omnivore)Come plantas y carne (omnívoro)

Has furTiene pelaje

Has feathersTiene plumas

Has a shellTiene una concha

Has two shellsTiene dos conchas

Breathes through gillsRespira a través de branquias

Breathes through lungsRespira a través de los pulmones

Lays eggsPone huevos

Gives birth to live babiesDa a luz para vivir bebés

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My adapted ELL Semantic feature map: Jessica Volz

Supplementary materialsFor my supplementary materials, I would bring in pictures of different living

things for them to categorize, and let them use nationalgeographic.com and what they already know to help classify the animals. Here are come pictures that I would let them choose from for their animals: Queen Angelfish, African Elephant, African Lion, Two- toed Sloth, Humpback Whale, Llama, Amazon Horned Frog, Alligator Snapping Turtle, Oyster, Andean Condor, Australian King Parrot, and Giant Clam. I purposefully chose some animals that may be familiar to them, as they are native to Peru.

Jessica Volz

Sources:Original semantic feature map that I found at: http://bayville.thinkport.org/printables/semantic_feature_map.pdf

Pictures used for table:Plants: http://bootytoberlin.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/grass.jpgMeat: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/2672776/Chicken-now-often-fattier-than-red-meat-rather-than-leaner.htmlFur: http://www.sfdm.scad.edu/faculty/mkesson/vsfx419/wip/spring11/shannon_dingle/fur.htmlFeathers: http://fearnandfire.deviantart.com/art/Buckets-of-Feathers-191390433Bivalve shell: http://davescupboard.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.htmlGills:http://www.theora.com/mbrowse/msdb/OriginOfSpecies/title/is/06-08+-+Means+of+Transition/Lungs: http://aspiringdoctors.tumblr.com/post/30001838241/i-can-feel-my-lungsEggs: http://briggs-country-farms.wikispaces.com/EggsLive birth: http://www.examiner.com/article/social-networking-site-broadcasts-live-birth

Supplementary Materials:All of the pictures of animals I found on National Geographics’s website (http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/?source=NavAniHome). Along with each picture, this site had wonderful descriptions of each animal, that students could use to aid them in their classification.

I researched animals that were native to Peru on discoverperu.org (http://www.discover-peru.org/category/biodiversity-flora-fauna-peru/animals-of-peru/).

Jessica Volz