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Anticipatory Guides for ELLs



One important factor to consider when teaching reading to ELLs is the increased need for scaffolded lesson planning. One great strategy that is easy to use before and even during or after a reading experience is the use of an anticipatory guide. This strategy is great for accessing students' prior knowledge, helping students make connections to their background knowledge and engaging readers in the literature at the onset. Below I have included an example from Laurence Yep's //Dragonwings// and some links for this lesson and links to help teachers create their own guides.



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Links for more information on creating a guide:

[|Reading Rockets: Anticipation Guide]

[|Kim's Corner for Teacher Talk- Anticipation Guide]

[|Anticipation Guide Template from ReadWriteThink]

 Jessica de Araujo Jorge Graduate Student [|Middle Tennessee State University] jlm2w@mtmail.mtsu.edu Foreign Language Department Chair [|Hendersonville High School] jessica.dearaujojorge@sumnerschools.org