Use photos to quickly generate English language vocabulary and begin writing. Download the attached activity to record ELL or ESL students’ oral language and use technology to support their developing writing skills.
Begin with labeling a photo -- the picture induction model.
See Think Wonder
Record students voices responding to the questions: What do you see? What do you think? What do you wonder? The project attached includes audio examples.
Dictate a story -- Voice to Text
Enable dictation on your ipad or Mac.
From the Edit menu, select Start Dictation to record a student as they describe a photo or tell a story about what they see.
Resource - Try it on your own
Use the template attached. Add your own photos. Record an example and go! The lesson begins with the picture induction model, moves to answering see, think, and wonder questions and finally to generate written text through dictation (or voice to text) in response to a photo.
Pedagogy
Encouraging ELL, Emerging Bilingual, and Multilingual students to talk creates a speech rich classroom that enables students to move from speech to print. Students want to talk about their passions and personal experiences. A passion topic, such as fútbol may encourage students to practice translanguaging, bringing their first language into the classroom.
July 19, 2024
Super creative and engaging way to teach language! The topic can be personalized and connected to a learner’s interest. Using photos to elicit inquiry via See Think Wonder and bringing in the visual as well as the auditory is wonderful! Thanks Meredith!
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