As teachers, we know that creating inclusive and supportive learning environments for our multilingual students is crucial for their academic success. One effective strategy is to incorporate structured discussion protocols that scaffold language development while exploring rich academic content.
In this blog post, we'll explore how Brisk ✨ Teaching can help you design a lesson plan that embeds the 'Text Rendering Experience' protocol to engage your MLLs at different profiency levels.
The 'Text Rendering Experience' protocol is a powerful tool for encouraging close reading, analytical thinking, and collaborative discussion around a shared text. By guiding students through a structured sequence of interactions with the text, this protocol supports language development while deepening content understanding.
Let's see how Brisk Teaching can help you adapt this protocol to meet the needs of your MLLs:
Step 1: Prepare the Text
Using the Brisk Teaching platform, you can select an appropriately challenging article or excerpt that aligns with your learning objectives. The platform's text analysis tools will help you identify key vocabulary, complex sentence structures, and cultural references that may require additional scaffolding for your MLLs at different proficiency levels.
Step 2: Scaffold Language Development
Brisk Teaching offers a variety of scaffolding strategies to support your MLLs. For example, you can create a vocabulary bank with visual aids and translations in students' home/primary languages. You can also provide sentence starters and discussion frames to guide their participation in the protocol.
Step 3: Implement the Text Rendering Experience
During the lesson, you can guide your students through the Text Rendering Experience protocol using the Brisk Teaching lesson plan builder. This includes:
- Individual Reading: Students will read the text independently, annotating it with their initial thoughts and questions.
- Pair Sharing: Students will share their initial impressions and insights with a partner, practicing their academic language skills in a low-stakes environment.
- Group Discussion: Students will come together as a class to discuss the text, with you facilitating the conversation and providing strategic scaffolding as needed.
- Synthesis and Reflection: Finally, students will have the opportunity to synthesize their learning and reflect on the key takeaways from the text.
The best part? Brisk Teaching empowers you to take the Text Rendering Experience to the next level for your MLLs. With the platform's robust toolkit at your fingertips, you can craft a truly dynamic, language-rich learning environment that gets your students fired up.
Picture it - your multilingual rockstars diving headfirst into the text, annotating and sharing their initial impressions. Then, they'll come together as a class to discuss and debate, supported by the strategic scaffolding you've put in place. Throughout it all, Brisk Teaching gives you the real-time insights to adjust your support on the fly, ensuring every student is engaged and learning.
Combining the use of protocols alongside Brisk's comprehensive tools, you can create an equitable opportunity for your MLLs to participate and build essential academic language skills while deepening their mastery of the content. It's a game-changer for empowering students of all backgrounds to reach new heights.
So what are you waiting for? Take Brisk Teaching for a spin today and watch your MLLs flourish like never before. The future is bright - let's make it happen!ers.
Resource Credit ~ Text Rendering Experience | CLEE Protocol Library https://www.clee.org/resources/text-rendering-experience/
