E88
#88 Promoting Academic Discourse in the ESL Classroom
From 10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher · Hosted by Vicki Davis
Episode summary
In this episode of 10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher: Greetzel Mojica @Mojica_CJUSD talks about how she teaches academic discourse in her sixth grade classroom. Using a recent project on volcanoes as a backdrop, we do a deep dive into how Greetzel empowers her students to give effective feedback using academic language that they are learning in school. This is not the language used at home, so it presents challenges.
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Greetzel Mojica @Mojica_CJUSD talks about how she teaches academic discourse in her sixth grade classroom. Using a recent project on volcanoes as a backdrop, we do a deep dive into how Greetzel empowers her students to give effective feedback using academic language that they are learning in school. This is not the language used at home, so it presents challenges. Read the show notes at www.coolcatteacher.com/e88 about 5 hours after this show goes live on iTunes. Listen to the rest of the shows at www.coolcatteacher.com/podcast