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Schools and Community
For Teacher Reference
For ELLs: Language Dive Guide III:
O to Class
Rationale: This sentence was chosen for its use of linking words of the linking word besides and like, and its connection to current and future content. Students will apply their under anding of the content of this sentence when writing books about the similarities and di erences of schools around the world and their own school. Invite udents to discuss each chunk brie y, but slow down to focus on the highlighted ructure Besides having andard classes. Note that this chunk is presented out of order to r e ablish context for the linking word besides.
Time: 13 minutes
• Throughout this Language Dive:
- Encourage rich conversation among udents about the meaning of each
of the sentence rip chunks, what the academic phrases within each chunk mean, and how they relate to the sentence and the text overall. Monitor and guide conversation with total
participation techniques and Conversation Cues.
- Afteraskingque ions,provide udentsuptooneminuteofthinktimeto re ect, depending on the complexity of the que ion.
Alternatively, invite partners to discuss, providing an allocated
time for each udent.
- Recordanddisplay udentresponsesnexttoorunderneaththetarget language for visual reference.
- Where possible, consider placing sketches, pictures, or illu rations above key nouns and verbs in the chunks after discussing their meanings. This will allow udents to quickly access the content
of each chunk as they work with the ructures in the sentence as
a whole.
Decon ruct
• Placeyour ngerbythissentencefromparagraph2onpage19:
Besides having andard classes like reading, math, and French, they played games and sang songs.
• Invite udentstochorallyreaditaloudtogether,followingalongwithyour nger.
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