Working with the Three Modes of Communication
Maria Sudduth
Mary Soto
Goals:
Participants will develop awareness and understanding around the three modes of
communication as it relates to the organization of the New Language Proficiency
Descriptors and ELD Standards.
Participants will reflect on what they learned today and identify how they will apply
that learning to their own practice (Seminar/Supervision)
Interacting in Meaningful Ways: Collaborative, Interpretive, Productive
8;30 – Announcements, Welcome (Dr. Summers)
8:45 – Warm up activity
Please respond to the following questions on the provided quickwrite at your table:
What do you see as your role in preparing and supporting candidates to work with
English Learners?
What do you hope to get out of this workshop today?
We will refer back to these in our closing activity
9:00 - Introduction
Show Visual
Getting Started with the New ELD Standards
This is a visual that highlights the organization of the new ELD Standards.
A significant shift of the Standards is the focus on how we use language to
communicate in order to learn.
Today we are going to focus on the Three Modes of Communication (highlighted
in visual) around which the new Language Proficiency Descriptors and ELD
Standards Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways are organized.
We will engage in three activities:
First activity will developing our understandings of the Language Proficiency
Descriptors
The second activity will focus on
How we would provide scaffolded instruction for English learners at each
proficiency level (Emerging, Expanding, and Bridging) as they interact via the three
communicative modes (Collaborative, Interpretive, and Productive).
Finally, we will bring closure to our learning by engaging in the walk the walls
review and reflection
9:15 Activity One:
Moises Video
Show Moises video
Task
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(Pairs)
Overall impressions, respond holistically.
What strengths did Moises bring?
Introduce Language Proficiency Matrix
Small groups :
Focus on Modes of Communication (Collaborative, Interpretive, Productive).
Assign 1/3 of participants to each mode
Locate Moises relative to the mode. What proficiency level is he? How do you
know?
Share out small groups. What did the Collaborative group notice?
Interpretive? Productive?
Chart Responses
10:15 +/BREAK
10:30 Activity Two:
We will be watching the 6-8 grade lesson from:
Grade Level Span ELD/ELA videos
Task:
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Use Input/Discussion/Output Note taking graphic organizer for the video
Take notes in Input while watching video
After watching video, discuss your overall take aways from the video
Discuss evidence you saw of scaffolding for students across language
proficiency levels
Write your own reflection in Output Category
Using whip around strategy, each group will share out one salient take away
11:15 Activity Three:
3/2/1 posters
 Quick Write:
 Individually on 3/2/1 Graphic Organizer write:
 3 things you learned
 2 applications to your practice
 One question, comment or suggestion you have to guide next steps (we will
be collecting these at end of day)
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Create group poster that captures consensus (referring back to initial
quickwrite and your 3/2/1 graphic organizer)
12:00 – 1:00
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We will post the posters around the room
, please walk the walls and review the posters
As you walk the walls and review the posters
o Star items that represent a shared perspective
o Checkmark those items that represent a different perspective/new
thinking for you.
1:00 – 2:00
Closure
Groups will have a couple of minutes to share perspectives shared from walking the
walls.
Presenters will record comments, address burning questions
Here are two resources for you to inform next steps:
ELD Standards Resource Page
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Provide support in navigating the page, point out color coded version of
the ELD Standards
Show one page example in terms of how ELD Standards are organized
(5th grade)
Getting Started with the new ELD Standards
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Provides for an online professional development model for in-depth
understanding of the new ELD Standards
Resources embedded (videos, etc) that can be used in seminar courses
with our students
Please take a moment to return to your individual 3/2/1 quickwrites and add any
last thoughts/comments /questions you have on the back.
Closing remarks by Dr. Summers
Collect quickwrites