Teaching Beginner ELLs Using Picture Books : Tellability

by Ana Lado

• ISBN13: 9781452235233
• ISBN10: 1452235236
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

For beginning ELLs, a picture really is worth a thousand words! Using classroom-friendly techniques, this practical guide shows how to design lessons, select appropriate books, and more.

Table of Contents

Glossary of Acronyms
CLT Communicative Language Teaching
ELL English Language Learner
ELP English Language Proficiency
LEA Language Experience Approach (a teaching strategy)
TESOL Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
TPR Total Physical Response (a teaching strategy)
Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
About the Author	p. xvi
Using Picture Books With English Language Learners	p. 1
Books for ELLs	p. 1
Simplification	p. 3
Tellability	p. 4
Books With Tellable Features for a Unit on Butterflies	p. 6
Butterfly Books for ELLs	p. 10
Conclusion	p. 11
Tellability in Practice: Using CLT Criteria	p. 12
Selecting Books With the Right Content Difficulty	p. 13
How cognitively difficult is the content?	p. 14
How useful is the content?	p. 20
How interesting is the book's content?	p. 27
Conclusion	p. 30
Tellability in Practice: Using Content Criteria	p. 31
Selecting Books With the Right Language Input	p. 33
Difficulty of the Text	p. 34
Language-Focused Study for Upper Grade ELLs	p. 38
Short and Simple Books for Silent Beginners	p. 39
Longer, Simple Books for Emergent Beginners	p. 40
Books With Increased Complexity	p. 41
Books With Greater Variety for Productive Beginners	p. 42
Other High-Utility Picture Books About Plants	p. 43
Conclusion	p. 43
Tellability in Practice: Determining Language Difficulty for Beginner ELLs	p. 44
Assessments for Matching Books and English Language Learners	p. 47
Listening: TPR Rubric	p. 50
Listening: Comprehension Check	p. 51
Reading: I-We-U Interview Record	p. 52
Reading: Graphic Organizer	p. 53
Speaking: A Retelling Scale	p. 54
Writing Scales	p. 56
Timed Writing	p. 59
Conclusion
Tellability in Practice: Assessment of Skills	p. 60
Matching Books to Communicative Language Teaching Strategies	p. 62
Rationale for 12 CLT Strategies	p. 64
Oral and Written Language Styles	p. 65
Chanting and Singing	p. 67
Compare and Contrast	p. 67
Graphics	p. 69
Guessing Games	p. 70
The Language Experience Approach	p. 70
Model-Based Writing	p. 71
Reader's Theater	p. 72
Realia	p. 73
Recitation	p. 73
Retelling	p. 74
Total Physical Response and Reenactment	p. 75
Visualizing	p. 75
Conclusion	p. 76
Tellability in Practice: Matching Books to CLT Strategies	p. 77
Summary of Questions for Selecting Books With Tellability	p. 80
Concluding Remarks	p. 82
Acronyms and Glossary of Terms	p. 84
Appendix: Three Units Using the Communicative Language Teaching Strategies	p. 90
Unit About Cats With Four Strategies	p. 92
TPR and Reenactment With Mama Cat Has Three Kittens	p. 93
Retelling With Kitten's First Full Moon	p. 99
Guessing Game With Where's the Cat?	p. 106
Reader's Theater With A Cat and a Dog	p. 111
Unit About Food With Four Strategies	p. 117
Realia With Feast for 10	p. 118
LEA With One Potato: A Counting Book of Potato Prints	p. 124
Compare and Contrast With Eating	p. 130
Chanting With Sweet Potato Pie	p. 136
Unit About People With Four Strategies	p. 142
Visualizing With Cassie's Word Quilt	p. 143
Model-Based Writing With Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon	p. 152
Graphic Organizers With Amelia's Fantastic Flight	p. 157
Recitation With Honey, I Love	p. 163
Children's Book References and Resources	p. 169
Professional References and Resources	p. 181
Index	p. 188
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