A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time, Grades K2, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (October 2, 2008) © 2008

  • Alison Porcelli
  • Cheryl Tyler
  • Lucy Calkins Teachers College, Columbia University

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780325026152
A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time, Grades K2
Published 2008

Title overview

In A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time Alison and Cheryl explain how choice-time workshops can be structured to help English language learners imagine, create, and explore language through play. They outline two units of study for choice-time workshops, the first using open-ended materials, the other using literature to inspire play.

A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time is part of the Workshop Help Desk series.

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Table of contents

  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 Choice Time in a Workshop Structure
  • 2 The Benefits of Choice Time Workshop for English Language Learners
  • 3 Unit 1: Planning and Pursuing Collaborative Projects
  • 4 Unit 2: Story Play
  • FINAL THOUGHTS
  • WORKS CITED
  • BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY THE AUTHORS

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