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What is EDI?EDI is a method designing and delivering well crafted lessons to
explicitly teach content to students.
•Its researched based •Contains continuous use of Checking for Understanding•EL strategies are added to a well crafted EDI lesson to make English easier to understand for EL students•If the lesson is not well designed and well delivered, EL strategies don’t help.
•ELD/ ESL•Classes where English Learners are taught to listen, speak, read, and write English•The focus is on teaching English Language not content.
•Sheltered/SDAIE•Classes where English Learners are taught grade level academic content•English language is sheltered, not the content•The focus is on teaching grade level content not English
•English Learner Strategies•Modify English to make it easier to understand. Modify how we speak and modifying what students read.•Support English Language acquisition
Classes Containing EL students Require Modifications
Modify English to make it easier to understand•Modify how we talk•Modify (or substitute) what students read
Modify the lesson to support English Language acquisition•Students explicitly listen, speak, read, and write English in context with the lesson
Classes containing EL students require two objectives:1.A content Learning Objective that describes what the students will be able to do independently and successfully at the end of the lesson as a result of instruction2.An English Language Objective that describes what the students will do throughout the lesson to develop English
• Language Objective are written in terms of how the students will develop additional skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English
• Language Objectives are not told to the students but are explicitly incorporated by the teacher throughout the lesson
(Refer to bottom page 13 of handout to see example)
•Contextualized definitions•Meaning Acted Out•Gestures and facial expressions•Realia, props, and manipulatives•Bulletin Boards, Word Banks•Explain word origins and morphology•Words with double meaning defined•Use Examples and analogies•Graphic Organizers (thinking maps)
Supporting English Language Acquisition through Vocabulary Development
•Academic Vocabulary: Vocabulary that is used across all disciplines•Content Vocabulary: Vocabulary that is content specific•Support Vocabulary: Vocabulary that is found in specific textbooks or worksheets that might be challenging for EL students