ELL Writing Development Presentation
- 1. Writing Development of ELL Students By Ana Rogers ESL Teacher 9-12 Grade
- 2. Background Information • I teach at the high school level. The classes are divided up into 4 blocks of 90- minute classes per day. The students attend each class for one semester. At mid-year, students begin new courses. • ELL courses are taken during the entire year.
- 3. Student Population • I teach 3 classes of ELL students. One class is a language acquisition class, and I had one student. I had several more students scheduled for this past year, but they either moved or dropped out without notifying the school. My other two classes are reading classes. I have two levels. My first class is my Level A. The two students in that class know very little English.
- 4. Language Acquisition Class I had one student in this class. I had several more students scheduled for this past year, but they either moved or dropped out without notifying the school. This student spoke only Spanish. Her Spanish was not very strong. She had difficulty writing in Spanish, just as she had in English.
- 5. Level A Reading Class • In this class, I had 2 Mexican Spanish female students. One student has only been in the United States for 2 years. The other student has been in the United States for about 8 years, and she is classified as Special Education and attended weekly Speech sessions.
- 6. Level C Reading Class • In this class, I had 8 students. I had 6 females and 2 males. All the students were Mexicans. 2 of the students were born in the United States and 5 have been here for less than 4 years. 1 entered the US when he was 2-years old. They have all developed language skills in reading, speaking, listening, and writing. Writing was the area which required growth.