Instructions

1. As a group, read the article by Kate Kinsella about strategies for building academic vocabulary in reading and writing.

2. Write answers to these questions as you read:

• Why is academic language learning important for teachers to incorporate?
• How can teachers develop academic language when they have students who speak languages other than English?
• What are the elements of a sentence response frame?
• Have you considered using these group response formats in your teaching? How might it help?
• How can increasing interaction at an academic level increase students' language abilities?
• Why are common functions important? Discuss how you have taught language functions previously

3. Together, create a sentence frame that would be appropriate to use in your content area(s). Consider how to make them a part of your regular teaching regimen.