Scenario Response 10
Scenario Response 10
Top 10 High Quality Language Practices
1. Connect learning to background knowledge; make it relevant and meaningful
2. Scaffolding
3. Modeling
4. Lit Rich Environment
5. Higher level thinking and questioning
6. Research based vocabulary instruction
7. Cross curricular instruction
8. Think-Pair-Share
9. Close Reading
10. Effective Feedback
The criteria that I used to select these strategies/practices was to be sure that they were research based and had been proven to be effective with language learners.
Jamie, absolutely think that close reading is an important part of high quality language practices. It encourages students to think deeply and consider the quality of the content, rather than just focusing on quantity.