Creating Bilingual
Newspaper
Ed 200: Analyzing Schools
Sunny Park
Content
• 5th grade
• Bilingual classes
• 5 sessions for an hour everyday
• Involved writing skills (in both
English and Spanish) and social
studies
Objectives…
• Students will compare and contrast their own
cultural background from those of the others
• Students will learn to express their thoughts
freely in writing (both English and Spanish)
without being restricted to particular writing
formats
• Students will evaluate each others’ writings
• Students will communicate with each other and
argue on each others’ idea to finish the group
project
Activities
• Creating
bilingual
newspaper
• In a paragraph,
both English and
Spanish are used
every 2-3
sentences
Daily Schedule…
Monday
Tuesday
Gathering info
parents’ story
& facts from
the textbook
Deciding
words & terms
that should be
used in the
Newspaper
Divide the
class into small Start to writ e
groups (mix of the first draft
ESL students (if there is time)
and Englishspeaking
students)
Wednesday
Thursday
Write up
Peer review
the first draft
Friday
Final draft
&
Organize
the newspaper
Monday
• Gather information
– Parents’ immigration stories
– Social studies textbook
– Pictures on their own culture
• Divide into small groups
– Mixture of ESL students and Englishspeaking students
– Similar interest  same topic
Tuesday
• Make list of words and terms that
should be used in writing
– Decide as a class
– Example
• Not only…but also…
• Use irregular verbs
• Synonyms
Wednesday
• Write an article per a group
• In small group:
– Decide the specific topic and writing
style
– English-speaking student  Spanish
writing
– ESL students  English writing
– Each students help each other on writing
Thursday
• Peer review
– Make copies for writings for each
students
– Exchange the writing with different
groups
Friday
• Finish the final draft
• Organize the order of articles and
pictures
• Schedule “publication party”
– Parents, students, and teachers
– Students present their writing
Evaluations
• “Publication Party” – sharing the newspa
per with other students, parents, and
teachers.
• Survey by readers – good point of the
newspaper and what should be improved
• Teacher – usage of given words and terms
References
• English language learner framework – http://www.
sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=320848
• Carroll, P. S. and Deborah J. H., “Helping ELLs Look
at Stories through Literary Lenses.” Voices from the
Middle 11.4 (May 2004): 20-26.
• Dong, Y. R., “Don’t Keep Them in the Dark!
Teaching Metaphors to English Language Learners.”
English Journal 93.4 (May 2004): 29-35.
• Hirvela, A., “ESL Students and the Use of Literature
in Composition Courses.” Teaching English in the
Two-Year College 33.1 (September 2005): 70-77.
Thank you
for your time