Comments on: How to Teach ESL Writing http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/grammar_mechanics/how-to-teach-el-writing/ Teaching resources to differentiate instruction. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:58:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Pennington http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/grammar_mechanics/how-to-teach-el-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-3934 Mark Pennington Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:45:00 +0000 http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-3934 It's not so much which writing lessons and/or curriculum (of course, I like my Teaching Essay Strategies and Teaching Grammar and Mechanics), it's what and how we prioritize our instructional interactions with ESL students. My article gives a few guidelines, but mainly it's using small chunks of writing, frequently formatively assessed, that will give teachers the information they need to teach their multi-language students. It’s not so much which writing lessons and/or curriculum (of course, I like my Teaching Essay Strategies and Teaching Grammar and Mechanics), it’s what and how we prioritize our instructional interactions with ESL students. My article gives a few guidelines, but mainly it’s using small chunks of writing, frequently formatively assessed, that will give teachers the information they need to teach their multi-language students.

]]> By: Maddie http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/grammar_mechanics/how-to-teach-el-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-3933 Maddie Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:17:18 +0000 http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-3933 Hi Mark, What lessons do you recommend for teachers who have students who are clearly translating directly from their native language when they are writing in English? Specifically, we would be interested in how you help students who (when they write in English) are in their heads translating from Spanish to English. Do you have examples? Maddie Hi Mark,

What lessons do you recommend for teachers who have students who are clearly translating directly from their native language when they are writing in English? Specifically, we would be interested in how you help students who (when they write in English) are in their heads translating from Spanish to English. Do you have examples?

Maddie

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