Transcript WMS_ExC-ELL_Refresher_12-12-11

ExC-ELL
Windham Middle School
A Refresher PD on Vocabulary
Expediting Comprehension for
English Language Learners
ExC-ELL
Margarita Calderón
Argelia Carreón, Elma Noyola, Jeanne Cantú,
Ana Bishop, Liliana Minaya-Rowe, María Trejo
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Today’s Agenda
Vocabulary word selection and
classification
Pre-teaching vocabulary using the 7Step Strategy
Step 6: Student engagement with the
new word
Anchoring word and content knowledge:
The Round Table and Corners
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Identify and Classify Vocabulary:
Selecting words to teach before, during, and
after reading:
1. Select Tiers 1, 2, & 3 from students’ texts.
2. From your explanations, for class experiments,
demonstrations you will present to them.
3. From instructional activities, for class discussions
during and/or after reading.
4. For the oral and written summaries of what they
have learned.
5. From and for assessments.
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Tier 3 academic content specific
Square root
Rectangle
Radical
numbers
Circumference
Pi square
Photosynthesis Government
Germ
Bylaws
Atom
Bailout
Matter
Osmosis
Congressional
Capital
Power
Power
Power
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Tier 2 words can also include polysemous words
across academic content areas:
• solution
• table
• divide
• prime
• round
• trunk
• state
• power
• cell
• right
• radical
• leg
• left
• light
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Tier 2 words nest academic content through transition Words,
Connectors, Causation, Time Sequencing, Predictions.
Some examples:
Cause & Effect -- because, due to, as a result, since, for
this reason, therefore, in order to, so that, thus…
Contrast -- or, but, although, however, in contrast,
nevertheless, on the other hand, while…
Addition or Comparison -- and, also, as well as, in
addition, likewise, moreover, by the way…
Giving examples -- for example, for instance, in
particular, such as…
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Tiers 2 & 3 Cognates
Literature = literatura
Context = contexto
Multisyllabic = multisilábico
Osmosis = osmosis
Irony = ironía
False Cognates
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Library ≠ librería (bookstore) = (biblioteca)
Story ≠ historia (history) = (cuento)
Exit ≠ éxito (success) = (salida)
Success ≠ suceso (event) = (éxito)
Character ≠ carácter (personality) = (personaje)
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When teachers are explaining/presenting a
lesson, look out for homophones such as:
sum
some
cell
sell
weather
whether
facts
fats
axis
exes
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Tier 2 information processing words
for the 7th-8th State exams and texts
absence, accuracy, additive, effect,
affect, allow, apparent, approach,
arrange, assortment, assumption,
basis, bases, behavior, belief, body,
boundary, core, criteria, crucial,
depict, deplete, device, display, distinct,
generate, impact, illustrate…
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Explicit Instruction in Vocabulary
STEP 1
SELECT VOCABULARY TO PRE-TEACH BEFORE PRESENTING
CONTENT, TEACHER READ ALOUD, OR STUDENT READING OF
ANY TEXT.
STEP 2
TEACH VOCABULARY USING 7 STEPS WITH AMPLE STUDENT
INTERACTION.
STEP 3
STUDENTS READ, DISCUSS, AND WRITE USING NEW
VOCABULARY
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Summary of
Vocabulary Tiers 1, 2, 3 For ELLs
TIER 1 -- Basic words ELLs need to communicate, read, and
write. Those that should be taught.
TIER 2 -- Information processing words that nest Tier 3 words
in long sentences, polysemous words, transition words,
connectors; more sophisticated words for rich discussions and
specificity in descriptions.
TIER 3 -- Subject-specific words that label content discipline
concepts, subjects, and topics. Infrequently used academic
words.
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Criteria for Selecting Words to Teach
 It is critically important to the
discipline.
 It is critically important to this unit.
 It is important to the understanding of
the concept.
 It is not critical but useful for ELs.
 It is not useful at this time.
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A Change in Climate
From one day to the next, weather can have a big
effect on your life. When it rains, you have to stay
indoors or carry an umbrella. When it's cold, you have
to bundle up.
Over the course of hundreds, thousands, and millions
of years, weather trends affect life on Earth in more
dramatic ways. Ice ages or long droughts, for
example, can wipe out certain types of plants and
animals. Although many species manage to survive
such extreme, long-term climate shifts, their living
conditions also change.
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Your Turn!
 Select 3 words for each tier (Tier 1, 2, 3) from a portion of your
text.
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Pre-Teaching Vocabulary
1. Teacher says the word.
2. Teacher asks students to repeat the word 3 times.
3. Teacher states the word in context from the text.
4. Teacher provides the dictionary definition(s).
5. Teacher explains meaning with student-friendly
definitions.
6.  Engages students in activities to develop
word/concept knowledge.
7. Teacher highlights grammar, spelling, polysemy,
etc.
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Teaching Concepts/Vocabulary
Teacher states the word in
context from the text.
Asks students to repeat the
word 3 times.
Teacher provides the dictionary
definition(s).
Explains meaning with studentfriendly definitions.
Highlights features of the word:
polysemous, cognate, tense,
prefixes, etc.
Engages students in
activities to develop
word/concept knowledge.
Reminds how this will be used
after reading.
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Weather can have a big effect on
your life.
Say effect 3 times.
The result or consequence of
something. Influence, or the
power to make something
happen.
Two cups of coffee in the
morning have a big effect on me
-- I can’t sleep at night!
How do we spell effect? What
other word is similar?
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What has had a big effect on
your life recently? TTYP
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Remember to use effect and
affect in your summaries.
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More Examples for Step #6
Question, Reasons, Examples
• If you are studying for a test, you
need to do it persistently. What
else do you need to do
persistently?
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Say faithful if it applies:
– A cat who always comes
home before dark.
– A brother who takes care of
his sister.
– A girl who has 3 boyfriends.
– You provide an example for
us.
Making Choices & Review
• Would you have iron will if you:
– Were afraid of cats?
– Were tired but kept running
until you reached the finish
line?
– Worked very hard to get an
“A” on your report card?
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Applaud if you’d like to be
described by the word: faithful,
stubborn, awesome, awkward,
impish, stern, illuminated.
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Your Turn to Teach Us!
Prepare to teach a Tier 2 or 3
word using the 7 steps.
Teach it to us – role play as if we
were your students (3 minutes max).
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ROUNDTABLE
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Clear your desks.
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Only one paper and pencil.
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Each student writes one answer and passes the paper to
the right.
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Everyone must write an answer.
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Continue this process until the teacher calls time out.
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Count the number of correct responses by your team.
Delete repeated words and report your numbers
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ROUNDTABLE
• Write a key word from
the text and pass the paper.
• Keep writing one word or phrase
at a time until time is up.
• The words must be Tier 2 or 3.
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Round 2
• Put your heads together and come up
with a strategy to improve your team
total.
• Apply your strategy in Round 2 of
Round Table.
• Follow the same rules as for Round 1.
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Corners
 Count 1 to 3
 Numbers 1 go to one corner, #s 2 to another,
and so forth.
 Form triads, groups of three.
 Timed Team Share (30 seconds each): First
student answers question, next student adds
to the answer, next student does the same,
process continues (90 seconds).
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