Expository+Scaffolds+and+Supports

Outline of scaffolds and supports at each level of ELD. These are things we are doing at each level to support students through the formative assessment process.

Beginning:
 * Templates: Provided for all 5 weeks, plus the Benchmark (heavily templated intro/conclusion)
 * Give students key vocabulary words from the assessment the day before so they can translate.
 * Give students time to think about the prompt, then offer to translate words from their language into English (before the test for the most part)
 * Guide students through pre-writing
 * Allow students to use dictionaries during the assessment
 * Support ELD (translated text)

High Beginning:
 * Start with templates, then move to sentence starters.
 * Essay outline posted.
 * Transition words posted.
 * Translated prompt with discussions.
 * Guided pre-writing.

Intermediate:
 * Color coded template outline with sentence starters for the first two assessments.
 * Word bank of transition words.
 * Slowly remove scaffolds in following weeks.
 * Outline posted.
 * Allowed to use previous scored assessments.

Advanced:
 * Outline provided
 * Graphic organizers (like bubble charts/maps, guided pre-writing)