MLL 7406Methods of Teaching ELL K-12

Dr. Melinda PragueSpring 2016Chat 1

Weekly Assignments

Each week you are responsible for visiting BB (attendance is tracked and reported each week)

Daily is probably a better idea!Read assigned chapters in textWatch videos, review power points Visit Web sitesPost to discussion board

Major Assignments

There are three major assignments in this course:Cultural Sensitivity Reflection - due 2/7Philosophy – due 3/13Language Activity Implementation – due 4/11

Cultural Sensitivity

Cultural Sensitivity Reflection (Due Week 4; 20%): After reviewing your Supplemental Readings and participating in class discussions, the importance of cultural sensitivity should resonate clearly. Write a 2-3 page paper reflecting upon your understanding of the importance of culturally sensitive feedback. How can you as a teacher ensure for this practice during instruction? 

 

Cultural Sensitivity Rubric

Philosophy Paper

Reflect and form your own philosophy of teaching ELL students. Reflect upon how you have changed as a result of what you have learned in this course. Due Week 9; 20%

Philosophy Rubric

Structured External AssignmentThe teacher candidate will create and implement six (6) interactive language

activities that address the four (4) domains of language learning (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and also address socially and culturally appropriate ways to use the English language. Activities should be based upon an informal assessment of students’ linguistic proficiency levels, student centered, and designed for diverse learners’ unique needs related to literacy development utilizing various materials and addressing appropriate content and language standards. Candidate will model strategies in two classrooms, their own and a colleague’s, and will conference before and after the lessons with the classroom teacher.The teacher candidate will write self-reflections for each activity that include the effectiveness of instructional decisions for the learner, an analysis of Johnson’s Eight Categories of Instructional Consideration, and multiple instructional implications. Provide documentation of lesson presentations as well as the conferencing by completing the Verification Form found in the Resources section of your e-portfolio and submitting it to your course instructor. This Structured External Assignment is to be completed on your E-Folio site under the course MLL7406. Submit verification form separately from the assignment. Label it YourlastnameFirstnameMLL7406SEAA_VF. Please note that this assignment now requires a video assessment.

SEA Rubric - part 1

SEA Rubric - part 2

SEA Rubric - part 3

Johnson’s Eight InstructionalConsiderations

NEW THIS TERM… Effective fall 2015, you will need to document your

placement information in Taskstream. This needs to be completed by the end of week 2 of either the block or semester.

If you are not currently teaching in a K-12 setting, you will need to contact the Program Chair to make your placement. This notification should be sent two weeks prior to the beginning of the course. Please note that the SEA assignment requires video assessment.

NOTE: All assignments must be completed with children who reflect your degree choice. 

NEW THIS TERM… An additional document has been added to your syllabus,

which is a permission form for videotaping K-12 students. Please secure this document before working with students. It is advised that when taping, students’ faces are not included, or any view that would allow them to be identified. Videos will be required to be uploaded to BB/Taskstream beginning fall 2015, for multiple courses. Instructions for uploading this type of file is found on your home Blackboard page under the Kaltura Media Tools menu bar at the top of the page. There are direction for both Windows and Mac users, as well as general information about submitting assignments with Kaltura. Be sure to save your videos to your own computer so that you may access them at a later date, if necessary. It is best to name the files according to the specific course and assignment (MRD 7801 SEA A, for instance).

 

Writing Rubric

Video Rubric

Having a plan...Provide me with an action plan (calendar) for your lessons by 1/31 ( keeping in mind the individual due dates that follow)

Lesson deliveries should be planned so that you have adequate time for reflection.

Lessons should be spaced out over the semester, taking into account school holidays, testing schedules, etc.

Share 1 lesson and annotated video with me no later than 2/21 so I can provide feedback.

Plan

Share Lesson/video 2 by 3/6 Share Lesson/video 3 by 3/20 Share Lesson/video 4 by 4/3

Discussion BoardParticipate in in-class and on-line discussions relating to literacy and English for Second Language Learners. Thought-provoking questions or topics to consider will be posted on the Discussion Board each week by the instructor. As part of the course requirements you are required to post to the discussion board. Minimally, you must post an original discussion entry related to the general topic of the week and one response to another student's entry. Ultimately to earn full credit in this area, you must have a minimum of 14 original postings,14 responses to other postings including introduction. Postings must be of high quality to earn full credit. While I may not participate in all discussions, I do read and monitor your postings!  You must respond to the discussion posting by 11:59 pm of the due date - preferably by midweek to allow time for colleagues to respond. (ongoing - 10%)

Discussion Board Rubric

Questions?