Beginning
- Access to text, video, and/or instructions in home language, as well as in English
- Sentence frames to help ELLs respond to text-dependent questions posed throughout the lesson
- Word walls and word banks
- Reduced linguistic load for language of instruction
Intermediate
- Access to text, video, and/or instructions in home language, as well as in English, as appropriate
- Sentence stems
- Word walls and banks
Scaffolds for all levels (including Advanced)
- Concise background knowledge
- Pre-taught vocabulary
- Graphic organizers
- Glossaries
- Dictionaries
- Repetition, paraphrasing, modeling
- Pair and small-group work