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Stories of Human Rights
■ The second edition also brings a renewed focus on developing habits of character, fostering collaboration and rich student discourse.
On an instructional level, we’ve made enhancements throughout:
■ More supports for struggling readers, the addition of Language Dives that allow students to study language structure and meanings at a deeper level, and more explicit vocabulary instruction.
■ More explicit instruction on the writing process, including formatting paragraphs and essays, and a strengthened approach to teaching expository writing.
■ Added Conversation Cues (prompts to deepen and extend academic conversations) and for- mal and informal assessments to hold students accountable for the Speaking and Listening standards.
■ Explicit instruction for grammar, usage, mechanics, punctuation and spelling (both in the module lessons and as one component of the ALL Block).
■ Writing Rubrics are now included, and there is tight alignment between assessments, standards and tasks. The modules set a more comfortable pace with additional preparation time allotted for assessments. Students are motivated by tracking and assessing their own progress.
You’ll see as you turn the page that all of these enhancements are packaged in a beautiful new design meant to engage students and make it easier for teachers to nd what they need when they need it. At EL Education, we are rm believers in lifelong learning, and we hope this sec- ond edition shows how much we’ve grown and learned from our most important partners: the teachers and students who bring our approach to life in classrooms every day.
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