Writing Instruction For English Language Learners: A Focus On Genre

Use targeted strategies to develop second language learners' writing abilities! This guide shows how to facilitate writing development across genres for English learners in Grades 2-8 and presents scaffolds for developing writing skills in a collaborative setting, including supports for students as they analyze written text, work alongside peers, and learn from writing models. Teachers will find: Resources for narrative stories, expository writing, persuasive essays, and poetry, including reproducible graphic organizers English language development references for five levels of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Detailed instructional sequences in each genre chapter showing how to scaffold writing for English learners Samples of student work