"Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger – we were strangers once, too."

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VoiceThread

A technology tool for building speaking and listening skills.

Podcasts for ELLs

From ESL for Teachers by Mr. Tenerowicz!

Check out ESL POD, a podcast designed to help ELLs develop English language skills.

Benefits of Blogging

Blogging both motivates and empowers students, especially ELLs.  Writing for an authentic, global audience encourages students to utilize and improve language skills.  When students write, read, and comment on blogs, they become active participants in the language acquisition process, taking ownership of their own learning.

While I haven't establish a classroom blog for my students, I thought we could try a little blogging on Bilingual Basics!  As part of our daily vocabulary instruction, students responded to the following prompt about today's word, abolish:

If you could choose one thing to abolish, what would it be?

My class was extremely excited about the possibility of being featured on my blog!  Here's one student's written response to the prompt.  I'll let other students type their answers her question in the comments.

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