Price
Free
Classtimes
Course Type
Description
In ‘Bridging Worlds: What Makes Me, “Me”,’ ESL students will embark on a transformative journey of self-expression and cultural exploration. This course will guide them through crafting a mini-autobiography, employing literary devices and creative writing techniques to eloquently narrate their stories of who they are becoming. As they navigate the landscape of life in the United States, they will balance the preservation of their customs and traditions from their homelands while adapting to a new culture. By the end of the course, students will have honed their writing skills and gained a profound appreciation for the complexity of their own ‘American Dream’ stories.
State Standards
W.9-10.3
Write narratives to develop experiences or events using effective literary techniques, well-chosen details, and well-structured sequences. a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create an appropriate progression of experiences or events. b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. c. Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole. d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and figurative and sensory language to describe settings and characters and establish mood and tone.
Supports Available to Students
Tier 1 (Supports provided to ALL students)
- All students access the same core content writing instruction.
- All students utilize figurative language techniques to improve their writing skills.
- All students utilize a model of an exemplar.
Tier 2 (Supports provided to targeted SMALLER groups of students)
- Targeted supports include small groups or pairs
- Sentence stems
- Modeling
- Audio of instructions and exemplars
- Sentence stems
- Graphic organizer
Tier 3 (Intensive supports provided to SMALL groups or INDIVIDUAL students)
- Intensive supports include 1-on-1 sessions with the teacher
- Sentence stems
- Audio instructions
- Video of step-by-step modeling of an exemplar
- Word bank
- Graphic organizer
Skills-learned
- Use of literary devices to enhance meaning in writing
- Elements of a short story/memoir
- Use of descriptive details
