Ms. Ramirez's ELD Class
Black History Music Biographies
Students in the Advanced English Language Development class are learning how to use expository language to create mini biographies. For this assignment, students included:
- a brief background of the artist
- obstacles they encountered
- accomplishments
- famous songs they produced
Lessons included:
- following my suggested sentence frames for writing expository text
- Using past tense verbs
- Paraphrasing relevant facts
- fluency practice and enunciation
- overcoming their fear of hearing their own voice
- Brief black history lessons
Disclaimer: Students' work displayed on this webpage are a work in progress. Their language is evolving. You will see mistakes in spelling and grammar. Please focus on their thought process, tech skills and vocabulary learned.