Isabella is a 10-year-old 5th grader and an English learner. She was born in Mexico. Both of her parents work in entry-level positions in the hospitality industry. Her extended family includes aunts, uncles, and cousins who live in Mexico. She and her family visit them in the summer. She has been in the United States for one and a half years. She is literate in Spanish and often reads Spanish books and magazines. Her report cards from her school in Mexico indicate above average grades. Isabella is shy socially but is well-liked and works well in small groups. She is seldom absent from school. The ELPAC results indicate an overall Level 2 performance level, and she has been identified as an English learner.

Writing Sample - Compare your home, village, or city to the place you live now. Describe things that are the same and different.

I one of the Mexico people. I came to America. America was always spek English. In Mexico spek Spanish was not always speak english it was different. There is no snow, everything is green but here snow and white. Here has Halloween and christmas but in mexico has dia de los Muertos and christmas. In mexico i like the rules but in America there are too much rules. My house was small but here I live many people.

1. Part One: Language and Learning Needs:
   1. Identify two specific learning/language needs the student has as an English learner, based on the student's description and the responses. Apply your understanding of the key features or English phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse, and pragmatics along with language functions and variation to your analysis.
2. Part Two: Challenging Instructional Strategy 
3.  
   1. Identify one instructional strategy or student activity outlined in the lesson plan that could be challenging for the student based on your analysis.
   2. Explain why the strategies or activities you chose could be challenging to the student. Consider key barriers to learning including the links between oral and written language and the effects of personal and linguistic factors on English language development.

 

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ANSWER Part One Language and Learning Needs Syntax and Semantics Isabellas writing sample demonstrates some difficulties with English syntax and seman... View the full answer