• WRITE: Describe how you think a struggling ELL student feels when he or she is trying to learn in YOUR classroom.

• DISCUSS: How many of these words can you define?− Realia− HQSI/SIOP− Authentic experience− Language register− C.O.− L.O.− BICS− CALP

PRIME TIME!

Using HQSI and Other Best Practices for

Language Teaching in the Middle School Classroom

Presented by Christina A. Bentheim

AGENDA – Part I• What is the challenge?

• What solutions are viable?

• H-Q-S-Who?

• Writing C.O.’s and L.O.’s

• Using “the Checklist”

• On Point with the Cone of Learning

• Not A “Novel” Idea …

• What About Bailey?

• Fallacy or Truth?

• Myths and Misconceptions

What is the challenge?• Take this time to independently read today’s

directions on the first page of your booklet.

• Get to work immediately.

• You have 3 minutes.

What is the Challenge?• Did you understand?

• How did you feel?

• Where are you?

• Where are your kids when you try to communicate with them in an unfamiliar language?

What is the challenge?• Hart and Risley Research

− What do you notice?− What can you conclude?

• Jim Trelease and Ruby Payne

• Formal Register− What can you do to help your students develop their

formal registers?

• Good strategies that are easy to implement:− Marzano – Building Background− Frayer Model− Coding− Signal Words

What solutions are viable?

H-Q-S-Who?5 Ws

Who?

What?

When?

Where?

Why?

Writing C.O.’s and L.O.’s• Content = WHAT

• Language = HOW

• Re-write an objective you taught this week …

Using “the Checklist” …• Pick a buddy and read through your assigned

sections.

• Select three components of an effective HQSI lesson and describe how you’re going to implement the strategies next week.

• Be prepared to share your expertise with the group in 3-5 minutes.

Using “the Checklist”• Review Bailey-approved SIOP lesson plan model

On Point with the Cone of Learning• THINK and DISCUSS: Why do we need to

modify the way we teach?

• Which strategies in the list seem to be most effective based on the Cone of Learning?

• Think about a recent lesson. What will you modify for maximum retention?

Not A “Novel” Idea … • WRITE: Answer the following questions:

− Does the reading of closed captions aid the struggling reader?

− Is there a difference between educational T.V. and the rest?

• DISCUSS: How can we put this research to use for students at Bailey?

What About Bailey?• READ and SUMMARIZE: How is Bailey

implementing HQSI?

• What are our demographics?

• Do you think our implementation efforts are effective? Why or why not?

Fallacy or Truth?• Complete the sheet.

• Share your responses with a buddy.

• Tally your responses and be prepared to share with the group.

Myths and Misconceptions• Read one myth and its implications.

• Be prepared to share a summary of your reading with the group.

BICS vs. CALP• Define

• Oral Proficiency Continuum

• Quadrant Exercise

• Stages of Language Acquisition− Where do you think most of your ELL students are?

YOUR STUDENTS• Understanding the Lingo

• Find your kids …

For Next Time … • Select two lessons and modify the content and

learning objectives, as well as the assessment, based on the best practices presented and included in the book, as well as the make up of your students.

• Be prepared to share your modifications.

• Come with questions!

Ticket Out the Door• Take a moment to reflect on today’s discussion.

• Complete the Ticket Out the Door sheet.