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Long Term MLs
"They're experienced in our schools, they're experienced in life...they have at least five years of experience in our school systems - they're not newcomers. So they really are a whole different category and if we really build on their experiences, it makes such a difference. So we're hoping that a new term is more than just a new term. It's a new way of thinking about this subgroup of students." -Beth Skelton
Creating Opportunities for Long Term MLs
- Students who are considered Long Term MLs need to be motivated to read.
- Educators can use the Quad Text Set Framework to encourage students to read.
- A text set is a group of short and extended texts that are thematically connected.
Example:
Text 1: A short text connected to the topic to develop motivation.
Text 2: A video text to build background knowledge.
Text 3: The central grade-level text of the unit.
Text 4: An article to develop an out-of-school connection to the topic.