You are planning a personal narrative writing lesson for you…
You are planning a personal narrative writing lesson for your third-grade class. As part of the lesson, students will write a five-sentence paragraph about what they like to do on the weekend. Their writing should include a topic sentence, three supporting details, and a concluding sentence. Two of your students are emergent bilinguals: Mateo recently arrived from Mexico. He speaks Spanish at home but is just beginning to speak English. He did not have the opportunity to attend formal schooling before arriving in the U.S. Zahra was born in the U.S. to Pashto-speaking parents. She is bilingual in English and Pashto and can write simple sentences in both languages. How would you support Mateo and Zahra during this writing lesson? Describe how you would differentiate your instruction to help both students participate and grow as writers.
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