Informal Writing Notebooks

Learning to become an effective ELL teacher comes from knowledge and practical application. While teaching my own class with ELL’s present, I will use the free writing notebooks, or sometimes known as informal journal writing, to support my ELL student’s learning needs. Informal writing is versatile and can be used interchangeably with different subjects as well as provide an positive learning environment, motivating feedback, and practice (Scullin, & Baron, 2013). Informal writing journals ensure students are learning to write while easing anxiety from writing. Anxiety can hinder ELL’s ability to write and become proficient in English (Scullin, & Baron, 2013). By implementing journal writing in my class, I will encourage students to reflect upon what they are …show more content…
ELL’s will be encouraged to write words that they feel are important to remember. New vocabulary words, interesting words, and academic words will be recorded in this section of journals. ELL’s can include word pictures to ensure they have an accurate understanding of their vocabulary word meaning.
Free writing is an effective instructional strategy that will improve ELL’s vocabulary and writing ability. Journal writing that allow students to write freely is an instructional strategy I would use to support all my students, but specifically for my ELL’s (Scullin, & Baron, 2013).
While reflecting upon this assignment, I can visually see myself implementing learning strategies mention in both journal articles. I would ensure all my students have a positive learning environment that supports their individual learning needs to the best of my ability. The instructional strategies for ELL’s in both articles would benefit both ELL’s and their peers. The use of free writing and journaling would ensure all students have a chance to write what’s on their minds and the chance to develop as a writer (Scullin, & Baron,