Cummins’ 4 Quadrants
Directions: Using the quads below, please click in each text box to insert text.
Beginning ESL
Buying Popcorn
Content Classes (Art/Music)
Face-to-face Conversations
Following Directions
Getting Absence Excused
Oral Presentations
Total Physical Response (TPR)
Instructions (No Diagrams or pictures)
Refrigerator Notes
Telephone Conversations
Written Directions
Basic Math Computations
Demonstrations
Experiments
Health Instruction
Math Concepts & Applications
Multimedia assisted lessons
Plane Geometry
Project & Activities
Science Experiments
Social Studies (Sheltered)
Explanation of Abstract Concepts
Lectures with few or no illustrations
Mainstream English Tests
Math Concepts & Applications
Most Content Areas
Reading/Writing
Social Science Tests
Standardized Tests
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