Below are work samples primarily from the time that I have spent as a middle school English as an Additional Language and English Language Arts teacher, often with a predominantly English language learner population. Many of these artifacts were created together in collaboration with the Humanities teacher to utilize a transdisciplinary approach and meet the needs of our students between both classes.
Student names and/or scores have been redacted from samples below as a safeguarding measure and protection of privacy.
Student names and/or scores have been redacted from samples below as a safeguarding measure and protection of privacy.
Graphic Organizer: The Giver Analysis Poster
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Student Assessment Reflection Slidedeck
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Podcasting for Change: Taking Action on a Global Issue connected to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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In-Person: Literature Circles
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In-Person: Our Changing Oceans
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Natural Disaster Book ClubsStudents collaborated in groups of 4-6 to determine their own pace for reading their book that incorporated a natural disaster and completed a new job weekly to present to their group. This allowed students to think more deeply about the perspective of natural disaster victims as we continued to research natural disasters in Social Studies and determine in English Language Arts what would be the best way to support typhoon victims in central Vietnam in a culminating opinion writing piece.
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Virtual: Book TalksGrade 6 students chose a favorite book from independent reading that they would like to recommend to their peers. To the left is an example of a book talk presentation created on Canva by a student. Student first completed a graphic organizer on Google Slides (describing main characters, plot points, why others should read this book) before transferring information to their Canva presentation. Finally, they wrapped up the project by screencasting their Canva presentation and giving a "book talk" through Flipgrid that lasted between 1-5 minutes. .
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Virtual: Comparing Myself to a Main Character using CanvaGrade 6 students have been working online for the entirety of the 2021-22 school year in Vietnam. To the left is an example of their first summative assignment where they compared themself to a main character from one of three short stories we read from the unit Characters Who Change and Grow. The result was tremendous considering that students were learning remotely, mostly reading below grade level, and had never used Canva as a creative platform before then.
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Solving Global ProblemsStudents learned about nonfiction text features, text structures, and how to read more deeply into informational texts in English Language Arts about plastic pollution. These skills were then transferred to their Social Studies class where they wrapped up their Global Problems unit by creating awareness posters either about Ocean Pollution or Green Cities. In addition, they had to propose a global solution that could be applied to most countries across the world. The grading rubric for this summative assignment included assessment of ELA and Social Studies skills.
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