DLR 5-15 minutes

1. DLR 5-15 minutes • A useful way to utilize academic language in a way that engages all students through daily review. • Build slowly on concepts, vocabulary, and ideas so students become proficient. • DLR is tied to current classroom content. Yet, it still reviews the basics in academic knowledge that students should have proficiency. • DLR is supposed to be engaging, fun, and relevant. • DLR takes a particular focus on academic language written, reading, and oral fluency. • Getting students to talk the language and create the language are the main points. • Remember to post parts of speech and parts of syntax with examples and definitions for students. • Creates data!

2. Concept Web • Write a big picture, topic, word, unit idea, etc. in the middle. • As a class write words that associated with it on the web. • Discuss words and how they relate. • Students use the words to create own sentences by following rules. • Students explain their sentences using the academic vocabulary.

3. Concept Web

4. Word Scramble • Write all words in a scramble include punctuation. • Students write as many sentence combinations as possible using a specific sentence structure during a specified time.

5. Make as many sentences as possible. blue nose shoes tie picked Carlos ! ? do money . always after lunch pay borrowed teacher and

6. Other Ideas • Write on post-it notes like Affinity Mapping • Q.A.D., snowball, pass notes, or story rounds • Correct sentences • Put self in sentences • Model correct sentence structure • Use paragraphing or Essay topics • Start with a free-write • Use a text - newspaper article • POST EXAMPLES AS YOU GO OF CONCEPTS • Multigenre writing • Chalk Talk around the room