Our English Language Learners, ELL, are serviced in Language Arts through Ms. Vu, a veteran ELL instructor here in Begich. Please contact her directly if you have any questions. [email protected]
The ELL program uses INSIDE Level B and C for grades 7th and 8th. This curriculum enables the language learners to Experience the world in the classroom with authentic, multicultural literature and National Geographic informational texts. Students will become stronger readers with well-known authors and National Geographic Explorers.
Students who begin in Levels A through C have more advanced language proficiency, and they have learned to read. However, they need intensive work to build academic vocabulary and language, build fluency with more complex texts and develop skill in comprehension, literary analysis and writing.
A balance of informational texts and literature enables students to experience a variety of genres.
Informational Texts include:
National Geographic articles
Narrative nonfiction
Expository texts
Digital genres
Arguments
Literature features:
Common Core exemplars
Multicultural authors and characters
Contemporary literature
Classics
Complex texts
Students who begin in Levels A through C have more advanced language proficiency, and they have learned to read. However, they need intensive work to build academic vocabulary and language, build fluency with more complex texts and develop skill in comprehension, literary analysis and writing.
A balance of informational texts and literature enables students to experience a variety of genres.
Informational Texts include:
National Geographic articles
Narrative nonfiction
Expository texts
Digital genres
Arguments
Literature features:
Common Core exemplars
Multicultural authors and characters
Contemporary literature
Classics
Complex texts