Targeted Language Arts and Literacy Instruction
von Sierra Pittman
1. Instructed Second Language Acquisition
1.1. Focus on Verb Form and Tense
1.2. Use one particular verb tense for each lesson
2. Developing Competence in Spoken and Written Communication: Language Arts and Literacy Instruction
2.1. Use of most basic, standard English
2.2. USE of language is a SUBSTANCE, while STUDY of language is an OBJECT
3. Language Form and Structure in Second Language Literacy
3.1. Vocabulary Knowledge
3.2. Instruction of word meanings
4. Describing and Measuring English Proficiency
4.1. WIDA Language Proficiency Levels
4.2. Collect samples of children's writing
5. Targeted Language Arts Instruction for English Learners
5.1. Language Arts Protocol
5.2. Teach students at their individual level of proficiency