Early Language And Literacy Skills Of Spanish-Speaking Dual Language Learners,
2020
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Early Language And Literacy Skills Of Spanish-Speaking Dual Language Learners, Alejandro Rodriguez, Marc Goodrich, Maggie Harms, Lisa Fitton
UCARE: Research Products
The purpose of this study is to examine the early language measures that are the best predictors of English reading achievement and to determine whether assessing DLLs’ Spanish language skills contributes to the prediction of English reading achievement. Preschool and kindergarten often represent DLLs’ first significant exposure to English, and development of English language proficiency is strongly linked to English reading achievement (Storch & Whitehurst, 2002). Because DLLs may not be exposed to English consistently prior to preschool or kindergarten, they often enter kindergarten with lower levels of English proficiency than their monolingual peers. This makes it difficult to identify …
Teaching The Power Of Pictures,
2020
Kutztown University
Teaching The Power Of Pictures, Rachel Speranza
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
Though choosing sources that have specific copyright that allows for the reuse, modification, and redistribution of pictures is an important lesson for all students of all grade levels, what’s even a more important lesson is that of the power of social media. The perfect picture can spread like a wildfire across all social media platforms. Pictures have the power to change someone’s mood, political opinion, and even advocate for change on the other side of the world.
“My Heart Was Like, Write About This. There's No Other Way.”: Strengthening And Deepening Literacy Skills Of Adults In A High School Equivalency Program Through Creative Writing,
2020
Lesley Unversity
“My Heart Was Like, Write About This. There's No Other Way.”: Strengthening And Deepening Literacy Skills Of Adults In A High School Equivalency Program Through Creative Writing, Elizabeth Santiago
Educational Studies Dissertations
This qualitative study investigates how creative writing plays a role in strengthening and deepening literacy skills of adults in community-based high school equivalency diploma programs, which are operated under the publicly funded, adult basic education umbrella. Specifically, the study explores two sub-questions: How can creative writing processes support adult high school equivalency students’ achievement of personal and/or academic goals? How does a curricular focus on individual storytelling build students’ literacy confidence and/or their sense of student agency? Data sources includes pre- and post-surveys, pre- and post-interviews, field notes, and student work based on a curriculum designed using best practices in …
Teachers' Sensemaking: Middle School And High School Language Arts Grading And Assessing Practices For Writing,
2020
Rowan University
Teachers' Sensemaking: Middle School And High School Language Arts Grading And Assessing Practices For Writing, Lana Michele Cook
Theses and Dissertations
This qualitative case study will examine how middle and high school language arts teachers in a single school district make sense of their grading practices. This paper explores how Language Arts teachers at different grade levels may be faced with a variety of contextual factors that influence their grading practices. In order to do justice to this topic, a literature review will situate and contextualize writing instruction, learning standards, and assessments. Using a qualitative single case study design, this study will present the findings from nineteen in-depth teacher interviews, document analysis, and field notes.
What If The Arts Were Taken Away?,
2020
Black River Middle School / Centenary University / Edison YouWin Learning Center
What If The Arts Were Taken Away?, Joseph S. Pizzo
New Jersey English Journal
The arts give clarity to their emotions, situations, questions, and lives. Students experiencing all the arts gain a comprehensive perspective. Lyndon B. Johnson observed: “(I)t is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation.”
Speedball,
2020
New York City Department of Education
Speedball, Jeffrey Pflaum
New Jersey English Journal
The poem and photographs describe a scene where a teacher goes to the cafeteria to pick up his class. As he comes to their table, the teacher encounters a fight between two boys. After getting the situation under control, and settling down the children, they head back to the room. The teacher calms himself down when a second fight breaks out. He decides to let the boys fight and takes the class out of the room, "freezing" the boys." At the end he "holds on" to his desk to gain control of himself and return to the present moment.
Seventh Hour Poetry Class,
2020
St Cloud State University
Seventh Hour Poetry Class, Bill Meissner
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
The Pen Your Teacher Gave You,
2020
Saint Cloud State University
The Pen Your Teacher Gave You, Bill Meissner
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
One Teacher's Personal Ten Commandments,
2020
Northern Highlands Regional High School
One Teacher's Personal Ten Commandments, Svea Barrett
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
Theme For English H: Identity Poems In A Multicultural English Class,
2020
Fair Lawn High School
Theme For English H: Identity Poems In A Multicultural English Class, Annie Yon
New Jersey English Journal
With many school districts nationwide experiencing rapid growth in the number of students of color, culturally diverse students, and students of low-income families, it is important for teachers to plan culturally responsive activities that cater to a heterogeneous group and to create an inclusive space for students' diverse backgrounds, identities, and voices. In my class, writing and sharing identity poems give students an opportunity to feel recognized and celebrated for their differences.
Into The Fray: Social Justice Teaching Gone Awry,
2020
College of William and Mary
Into The Fray: Social Justice Teaching Gone Awry, Katalin Wargo
New Jersey English Journal
This article provides an account of the author's experience trying to teach through a social justice lens in a conservative Southern town after having taught primarily in more progressive parts of the country. She discusses the mistakes she made and what she learned from them throughout the experience that has made her a better teacher of students with vastly different ideologies than her own.
The Importance Of Grammar For English Learners And English Teachers In The Coming Decade,
2020
Grand Valley State University
The Importance Of Grammar For English Learners And English Teachers In The Coming Decade, Brian White
New Jersey English Journal
The teaching of traditional grammar in traditional ways is out of favor, and for very good reason. Still, in the coming decade, teachers of English will need to "know their grammar" and be able to explain it to a burgeoning number of English Language Learners (ELLs).
Valuable Voices: Increasing Student Buy In Through Allowing Them To Be Involved In Planning,
2020
University of South Florida
Valuable Voices: Increasing Student Buy In Through Allowing Them To Be Involved In Planning, Erika Watts
New Jersey English Journal
This piece is on the research that surrounds the benefits of incorporating student voices into the classroom to improve student scores and also the student buy in. This allows students to feel included and as though their voices are being heard.
Preparing Tomorrow’S Leaders For Yesterday: Ai And Standardized Grammar Assessment,
2020
Montclair State University
Preparing Tomorrow’S Leaders For Yesterday: Ai And Standardized Grammar Assessment, Jason C. Toncic
New Jersey English Journal
Following breakthroughs in machine learning over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has been integrated into major aspects of schooling. One such subject matter is grammar, which has seen the advent of AI-based grammar checking. Through a critical lens, AI-grammar checking reveals inequitable prescriptivist grammar practices reified by standardized assessment.
Using Positionality To Dismantle The Missy Anne Syndrome In English Methods Classrooms,
2020
William Paterson University of New Jersey
Using Positionality To Dismantle The Missy Anne Syndrome In English Methods Classrooms, Darlene Russell
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
I Don’T Have The Answers, Sway! Teaching Secondary Literacy Methods Course Using An Inquiry Model Of Instruction,
2020
Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
I Don’T Have The Answers, Sway! Teaching Secondary Literacy Methods Course Using An Inquiry Model Of Instruction, Kisha Porcher
New Jersey English Journal
In the era of high stakes testing, students have become conditioned to find the “right answer”and earn an “A” as opposed to engaging in critical thinking and productive struggle. In an effort to break this cycle, I restructured the literacy methods course to an inquiry model; Launch-Explore-Discuss.
Helping Students Choose A Reading Frame: Three Ways Of Teaching Jacqueline Woodson’S Harbor Me,
2020
The College of New Jersey
Helping Students Choose A Reading Frame: Three Ways Of Teaching Jacqueline Woodson’S Harbor Me, Emily S. Meixner, Anne Peel
New Jersey English Journal
Choice and autonomy in ways of reading are just as important as choice and autonomy in what to read. Teaching students different frames for reading novels provides students with essential tools for making meaning of texts. This article explores three frames using the middle grade novel Harbor Me.
Helping Students Improve The Quality Of Their Sentences,
2020
Montclair State University
Helping Students Improve The Quality Of Their Sentences, Michael Laser
New Jersey English Journal
This article shares some of the teaching methods I've devised to address awkwardness and other sentence-level issues in student writing.
Left To Their Own Devices,
2020
Temple University
Left To Their Own Devices, Hugh Kesson
New Jersey English Journal
How do students use digital mobile devices as part of their learning? This study is a case based investigation of five students in two ELA classrooms, the full ELL population in two high school honors classes, in a comprehensive public high school in the United States. It adds to what we know about how students use digital mobile devices, and suggests the ways students need to be supported.
Draw Your Own Confusions: Cultivating Ambient Awareness In The Literature Classroom,
2020
Maryville University of Saint Louis
Draw Your Own Confusions: Cultivating Ambient Awareness In The Literature Classroom, Jesse Kavadlo
New Jersey English Journal
While students strive to avoid ambiguity, exploring it can lead to understanding challenging texts. Rather than beginning in-class discussions by learning what students think, we can use what social media theorists refer to as “ambient awareness” to start at a more advanced stage to cultivate student confusion for pedagogical purposes.
