Tonya Ward Singer is the founder of Courageous Literacy LLC, an organization that helps K-12 educators advance literacy and language learning in culturally and linguistically rich schools. Teachers and administrators describe Tonya's work as groundbreaking, dynamic, practical, relevant, and impactful. Tonya is the author of bestsellers Asset-Based Language and Literacy (2nd Edition of EL Excellence Every Day), EL Excellence Every Day, and Opening Doors to Equity. She co-authored Breaking Down the Wall and literacy curricula for international publishers. Tonya has taught across multiple grade levels and excels as an international consultant helping schools build collective efficacy of all teachers through job-embedded, impactful professional learning. Beyond her work in schools, Tonya is a citizen historian and co-facilitator of dialogues on trauma-informed healing and racial justice. Contact Tonya at: www.tonyasinger.com.
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SECTION I: ESSENTIALS FOR MULTILINGUAL EXCELLENCE 1. INTRODUCTION Equal Access to Academic Excellence Every Teacher an ML Teacher Six Essentials for Equitable Impact Teaching and Leading Beyond the Labels Practical Ways to Use This Book 2. ESSENTIAL MINDSETS Mindsets Matter Value Multilingual Learners' Assets Expect Excellence From Every Learner Reflect in Inquiry About Your Impact SECTION II: ENGAGE EVERY LEARNER 3. ENGAGE EVERY LEARNER Defining Engagement and Active Participation Structure Peer Conversations in Every Lesson Practical Planning for Peer Conversations Integrating Active Participation Strategies 3.1 Whole-Class Conversation Structures 3.2 Partner Conversation Structures 3.3 Small-Group Conversation Structures 3.4 Up and Moving Conversation Structures 3.5 Fishbowl Structure and Socratic Seminar 3.6 Observe and Listen to Conversations as Formative Data 3.7 Inquiry for Impact to Strengthen Student Conversations 3.8 Total Physical Response Strategies 3.9 Shared Reading and Annotation Strategies 3.10 Collaborate to Write (and Represent) Strategies SECTION III: SUPPORT ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE EVERY DAY 4. SCAFFOLDING TO STUDENT ASSETS Scaffolding through the Six Essentials Supporting Content and the Language of Instruction Adapting Supports to Students Resources to Help You Plan and Adapt Supports 5. BUILD BACKGROUND AND SUPPORT ACCESS 5.1 Connect to Students' Prior Knowledge and Experiences 5.2 Build Background in Essential Concepts and Vocabulary 5.3 Value Students' Linguistic Assets in Action 5.4 Supporting Access and Active Participation of Emerging MLs 5.5 Teach Vocabulary with Direct Instruction or the Frayer Model 5.6 Use Cognates to Teach Vocabulary and Support Comprehension 5.7 Model Through Teacher Action 5.8 Model Expectations with an Exemplar 5.9 Collaborate to Contrast Exemplars 5.10 Collaborate to Evaluate an Exemplar With a Rubric 5.11 Choose Texts that Value and Mirror Students' Assets 6. SCAFFOLD LANGUAGE DURING A TASK Anticipating the Linguistic Scaffolds Before a Lesson Engage-Observe-Support to Adapt Linguistic Scaffolds Differentiate Linguistic Scaffolds Along a Continuum Tips to Be Strategic 6.1 Linguistic Frames 6.2 Word Banks 6.3 Word Bank Table 6.4 Sentence Chart 6.5 Graphic Organizers 7. TEACH LANGUAGE BEYOND A TASK Prioritizing Language Objectives to Teach 7.1 Teach Language From Life Experience 7.2 Teach Language From a Text 7.3 Syntax (or Paragraph) Surgery 7.4 Teach Word Relationships SECTION IV: APPLY THE ESSENTIALS TO ACADEMIC LITERACY GOALS 8. DEEPEN ACCESS TO ACADEMIC LITERACIES Why These Priorities? Introducing the Four-Step Routine Inquiry for Impact Tools for Teachers, Co-Teachers and Teams 9. ANTICIPATE What and Why? 9.1 Make Predictions 9.2 Ask Questions Before Reading 10. READ TO UNDERSTAND What and Why? 10.1 Identify Main Ideas 10.2 Self-Monitor and Use Context Clues 10.3 Use Affixes and Roots to Figure Out Unknown Words 11. READ TO ANALYZE AND INFER 234 What and Why? 11.1 Make Claims About Texts 11.2 Justify Claims With Text Evidence and Reasoning 9.2 Ask Questions Before Reading 10. READ TO UNDERSTAND What and Why? 10.1 Identify Main Ideas 10.2 Self-Monitor and Use Context Clues 10.3 Use Affixes and Roots to Figure Out Unknown Words 11. READ TO ANALYZE AND INFER 234 What and Why? 11.1 Make Claims About Texts 11.2 Justify Claims With Text Evidence and Reasoning 9.2 Ask Questions Before Reading 10. READ TO UNDERSTAND What and Why? 10.1 Identify Main Ideas 10.2 Self-Monitor and Use Context Clues 10.3 Use Affixes and Roots to Figure Out Unknown Words 11. READ TO ANALYZE AND INFER 234 What and Why? 11.1 Make Claims About Texts 11.2 Justify Claims With Text Evidence and Reasoning 11.3 Make Inferences About Characters 11.4 Make and Justify Claims About Theme and Author's Message 11.5 Compare and Contrast