Alana Richards

Scaffolding Synonyms and Antonyms through Translanguaging (Secondary)

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… You’re a language teacher and this is one of those times that you are going to forget all that talk about learning language through content. NO! You are going to give your students a list […]

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Scaffolding with Timelines (Secondary)

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… The most effective strategies toward progressive learning, are using visual overviews of the unit, lesson, project, video, podcast – in short – the general concept you’re about to begin.* With it, students can return to this linguistic and visual marker

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Scaffolding Winter Holidays/Solstice

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Winter is the time of celebrations of light. Through comic strips, this scaffold will help students to recognise  the multi-cultural holidays historically created to help vanquish the fear surrounding the short days of the months (in the northern hemisphere), before and after the

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Scaffolding Winter Holidays/Solstice

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Winter is the time of celebrations of light. Through comic strips, this scaffold will help students to recognise  the multi-cultural holidays historically created to help vanquish the fear surrounding the short days of the months (in the northern hemisphere), before and after the

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Scaffolding Winter Holidays/Solstice

You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Winter is the time of celebrations of light. Through comic strips, this scaffold will help students to recognise  the multi-cultural holidays historically created to help vanquish the fear surrounding the short days of the months (in the northern hemisphere), before and after the

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scaffolding academic language through visual differences (secondary)

Download PDF of scaffold here. You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here theory behind scaffold… Studies show that memorising academic language is ineffective in the long-term*. Students may be able to pass an exam they are studying for, but without having used the terms to analyse, compare, categorise, and defend

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