Teaching English Learners (ELs) to Write Arguments – Angela Flakker | The OC for Social Studies

OER Conference for K-12 Social Studies | Track Talk: Designing arguments with evidence

Teaching English Learners (ELs) to Write Arguments Using Evidence

Good writing instruction for English Learners (ELs) can benefit all students. Here are 5 tips for how to teach ELs to write arguments using evidence: meet students at their level, teach reading and listening with a purpose, model writing, scaffold, and differentiate.This talk gives practical examples for each tip. A typical week in the classroom is described so that teachers can easily integrate the ideas into their own lessons.

About Angela
Angela Flakker holds a Master’s degree in Education from Rutgers GSE. She has taught at the high school level since 2013, including World History and United States History courses.
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