Category: EL Methods

 Role playing helps students interact with one another and develop a sense of communication outside of the classroom. Take for example, a role playing lesson at a restaurant. Students are able to become waiters/waitresses and guests. 

Here is an example of how a teacher can incorporate graphic organizers into a broader assignment. The travel journal in this video shows graphic organizers inside and this is a great way to use them! Not only are they using graphic organizers in the travel journals, but they are also building comprehension. This is where students may be able to incorporate their native language when needed. A graphic organizer could be used to help the adjust to transitioning into English language.

In reading classes you can use graphic organizers for many different reasons. In this lesson example, the teacher is using a graphic organizer to retell a story and help students gain comprehension of the story. The students took a portion of the chapter book in this lesson and used a four square graphic organizer to retell the story in their own words and create illustrations.

In the video above there is an ESL student who explains her understanding of the novel through her graphic organizer. You can tell that the student’s understanding is growing through using this graphic organizer on the IPad. Students have the option to add in visuals if that helps them, which for one of the students in the video it helps.

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