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times, and each time edit it and simplify it until you find the words, tone, and story that truly echo your belief and the way you speak. ●​ Published This I Believe Essays ●​ Giving Voice to Students Through "This I Believe" Podcasts ●​ Cult of Pedagogy This I Believe Lesson Resources Sample Multi-Genre Prompt: Students read and analyze passages from an autobiography looking for specific examples of multigenre writing within the text. Students then choose to narrate a life event that has connections to or is informed by a larger event in their lives or in the world around them. They compose a multigenre paper that includes the autobiographical narrative essay as well as an informational nonfiction piece that provides context for and connections to the story from their life.

●​ Full Prompt and Unit Plan ●​ Rubric

Scaffolding in Action Skill Building

●​ Prewriting Strategies ( video ) ( slides ) ●​ 5 Paragraph Outline ●​ MLA Format (Nearpod) ●​ Evaluate This I Believe Essays ●​ List of genres for Multigenre Projects ●​ Multigenre Mapper Tool ●​ Planning Sheet ●​ Context Planning Sheet ●​ Peer Review Guide

●​ Write the World (competitions and writing groups for teens) ●​ Submit to school’s newspaper or literary journal ●​ New York Times Student Review Contest ●​ Turn the narrative into a stop-motion animation, video, or song ●​ Have students create an art or media piece to accompany their narrative Multilingual learners will construct language arts narratives that ●​ Orient audience to context and one or multiple point(s) of view

Extension (Make it Real)

Language Expectations for Multilingual Learners

○​ Title, heading, opening statements to capture reader’s interest (March. Two people, a man and a woman are walking along the corridor.)

Multilingual learners will construct informational texts in language arts that ●​ Add precision, details, and clarity about complex attributes, qualities, characteristics, activities, and conceptual relationships through

○​ Technical word choices to define and classify entities (Jazz, characterized by polyrhythms and improvisations was …)

Source: WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition

Essential Vocabulary

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