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Explicit supports must be provided within the lesson.Some
examples of these supports include the use of:Tools and practices to support academic language development include, but are not limited, to the following:
- Anchor Charts
- Diagrams, charts, graphic organizers , and or other visuals
- Sentence frames and sample text
- Learner-friendly definitions or visual definition
- translation to relevant Languages Other Than English (LOTE)
- Multiple exposures
- Semantic maps to expand the word
- DemonstrationsModeling
- Teacher modeling
- Guided note-taking
- Authentic examples/non-examples and application with authentic purposes
- Word learning strategies such as inferring and or use of context cues
- Working with a partner or in a small group
- Opportunities to use the academic language with peers; reporting out; writing to report out or write about the learning
Function, form, syntax and discourse work together. For example, if students are to compare and contrast ‘mitosis’ and ‘meiosis’, you may wish to identify the function, model comparing and contrasting and provide multiple examples of comparing and contrasting.
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