Sunday, April 19, 2015

Blog Post #13

What type of learning community is best in an English classroom?

According to Hassan Mansaray in the 9 Strategies for Reaching All Learners in English Language Arts article, there are 9 strategies for reaching all learners in English Language Arts. The first strategy is to encourage individual reading. This strategy allows students to choose the books they want to read. These books should be on the student's reading level. Students should read for a minimum of 30 minutes daily. The second strategy is to design product driven reading and writing instruction. It is good to have a key question to begin product driven reading and writing. The third strategy is pre-reading and pre-writing. This allows for good writing ideas. This also allows for students to incorporate better word choice. The fourth strategy is making meaning. In this strategy the teacher is to create basic reading strategies for the students. The students then get into groups to apply these strategies for better learning. The fifth strategy is text annotation. In this strategy students highlight and bookmark main ideas and find answers to questions. The sixth strategy is to ask text-based evidence questions. This strategy allows for students to provide evidence to support their answers using a t-chart or some other organizer. The seventh strategy is immerse students in the genre. The eighth strategy is to provide options for writing The teacher should provide a wide span of writing topics for students with different learning and writing skills. The ninth strategy is to analyze and interpret. The teacher is to teacher lessons that focus on interpretation and analysis. The students should analyze the author and his or her use of diction and syntax.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/stw-expanded-learning-time-individualized-learning-hassan-mansaray

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