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ELPA. Promoting Positive Results Kathy GaitÁn & Justin Johnson. What do those ELPA scores mean?. 1 Beginner 2 Early Intermediate 3 Intermediate 4 Early Advanced 5 Advanced. What is ELPA?. The E nglish L anguage P roficiency A ssessment
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ELPA Promoting Positive Results Kathy GaitÁn& Justin Johnson
What do those ELPA scores mean? • 1 Beginner • 2 Early Intermediate • 3 Intermediate • 4 Early Advanced • 5 Advanced
What is ELPA? • The English Language Proficiency Assessment • A summative once-a-year state assessment used to measure the English proficiency of our English Learners.
Scoring Writing and Speaking Responses: Expressive Language Writing Speaking
Multiple Complete Sentences and a Complex Sentence What is your favorite food? Why? Complete Simple Sentences and/or a Compound Sentence I like frogs. Complete Simple Sentence Pizza is my favorite food.
What is a Simple Sentence? • A simple sentence is a sentence with one independent clause. • An independent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a sentence. Which is a simple sentence? A. Went to the store OR B. Jack went to the store.
What is a Compound Sentence? A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses. Which of these is a compound sentence? A. Jack went to the store. B. It was closed. C. Jack went to the store, but it was closed.
F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. • Coordinating Conjunctions in Compound Sentences: • For • And • Nor • But • Or • Yet • So
What is a Complex Sentence? A complex sentence contains at least one independent clause and one dependent clause. A dependent clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb, but cannot stand alone as sentence. In this sentence what are the independent and dependent clauses? A B When John arrived at the store, it was closed.
A.A.A.W.W.U.B.B.I.S • Subordinating Conjunctions in Complex Sentences • As • Although • After • When • While • Until • Before • Because • If • Since
Is it a Simple, Compound or Complex Sentence? A. I ate chocolate. B. When I ate chocolate, I got sick. C. I ate chocolate, and I got sick.
The Big Take-Aways • Keep in mind students’ language levels • Practice modeling and responding in complete sentences • Explicitly teach compound and complex sentence structure • Take the practice test