How+we+teach+writing+to+English+Language+Learners?+(Newkirk,+Kent+Chap+19)

= **Discussion Question** =

==How prepared do you feel about teaching English Language Learners (ELLs)? What do they need to know before entering your classroom? How important do you feel knowing how to teach English Language Learners is to your career as a teacher?==

**Annotated Bibliography**

"Considerations for ELL's." // The Education Alliance //. Ed. Maria E. Brisk. Brown University, n.d. Web. 7 Dec. 2010.

This article discusses the difficulties of writing in general and specifically when applied to ESL students. The focus of the article is on seven strategies for teachers to use in the classroom to help ESL students succeed in writing.

Ernst-Slavit, Gisela, Monica Moore, and Carol Maloney. "Changing Lives: Teaching English and Literature to ESL Students." //Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy// 46.2 (2002): 116-8. //Jstor//. International Reading Association. Web. 4 Dec. 2010. []

This article examines ESL students in the mainstream and ESL classroom. It takes a look at ESL students of all levels through stages of linguistic and cultural processes. The stages are explained and allow the educator to better prepare and teach ESL students based on their appropriate stage. Some students may go through all four stages rather quickly, whereas others may take a few years to get through two. It depends on the student and this article points out what to look for and how to judge what ESL students should be learning for their specific stage and level of knowledge of the English language.

Haynes, Judie. "Tips for Teaching ELL's to Write." // EverythingESL.net //. Ed. Judie Haynes. N.p., 1998. Web. 7 Dec. 2010.

This short article provides information about the variety of challenges ESL students face when learning to write in English. It also provides some information and tips on how to deal with these challenges.

Neufeld, Paul and Suzanne Smythe. “Podcast Time’: Negotiating Digital Literacies and Communities of Learning in a Middle Years //ELL// Classroom.” //Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy// 53.6 (2010): 488-96. Academic OneFile. Web. 5 Dec 2010. []

This article was written in response to English Language Learners’ resistance to reading and writing. It is based on a case study in a Canadian 7th grade classroom where teachers and researchers worked together in order to incorporate technology into the classroom in order to improve academic literacy and communication skills.

Newkirk, Thomas, and Richard Kent. // Teaching the Neglected "R" //. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. 225-42. Print.

This chapter out of “Teaching the Neglected “R”” is focused on how to teach ESL students how to write. It gives a short overview on the challenges that ESL students face and problems with ESL curriculum and teacher perspectives in America. It provides tips on how to help ESL students develop their writing and language skills as well as how to deal with writing in cross curriculum settings.

Thompson, Lenora C., and Portia G. Williams. "But I changed three words! Plagiarism in the ESL classroom. (English as a second language)(Panoramas and Vistas: New Directions in Writing Instruction)." //The Clearing House// 69.1 (1995): 27+. //General OneFile//. Web. 8 Dec. 2010. []

This article explores ESL students and plagiarism. It discusses how some cultures emphasize the ability to memorize other’s words verbatim out of respect as well as students’ self-consciousness of their own English skills, thus prompting them to plagiarize. It provides tips on how to illustrate the ethical problems with plagiarizing.

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