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“Through strong teaching, multilingual students can expand their range of literacy practices, and we, their teachers, can also grow and change as we get to know students as individuals with talents, strengths, interests, and concerns.”
—Tasha Tropp Laman
Tasha Tropp Laman helps classroom teachers, ELL specialists, administrators, and literacy coaches become confident in their ability to support English language learners' growth as writers. Her book, From Ideas to Words, provides insight and practical tips for getting ELL students writing, even if they are at the very beginning stages of English language acquisition.
Each chapter is stocked with specific tools and strategies that help writing instruction meet the needs of ELL writers; illustrated classroom vignettes, samples of children’s writing, student observations, and planning notes based on the information in that chapter. In addition to the theories and research behind working with ELLs, Tasha offers her experience and advice on:
From Ideas to Words is every educator’s comprehensive guide to working with any ELL student writer.
Introduction: Seeing Possibilities for Growth in Ourselves and in Our Students
Chapter 1: Writing Workshop: An Instructional Framework That Supports Multilingual Writers
Chapter 2: Knowing and Being Known: Building a Community of Writers
Chapter 3: Minilessons: A Story of Instruction that Includes All Writers
Chapter 4: The Art of Doing: Engaging Multilingual Writers
Chapter 5: Conferences: Helping Multilingual Writers Realize Their Intentions
Chapter 6: Calling Out and Being Heard: Sharing & Celebrating for Multilingual Writers
Chapter 7: Being and Becoming Multilingual Writers
Appendix A: List of Multicultural and Multilingual Poetry and Songs
Appendix B: Sample Questions for Family Surveys
Appendix C: List of Multicultural and Multilingual Children’s books
Appendix D: Sample Questions for Student Interest Inventories
Appendix E: List of Grant Resources for Educators
Appendix F: OBSERVING STUDENTS DURING WRITING
Appendix G: OBSERVATION OF SINGLE WRITING PRODUCT
Appendix H: OBSERVATION OF GROWTH OVER TIME
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