At INCLUSION HUB we believe that EAL learners need to spend as much time in the mainstream classroom as possible. That said, very often they experience cognitive overload and tiredness from learning new content and language simultaneously. Effective writing scaffolds really help to reduce some of that load so that they can attempt what their peers are doing but via structured support that assists with their writing decisions.
A substitution table presents example sentences with various choices for learners to choose from, following a specific pattern. It serves as a valuable scaffolding tool that enhances the speaking or writing skills of EAL learners and can reinforce newly acquired language
Vocab Boosting Videos are short, content rich videos that can be used to bridge experience gaps, assess prior knowledge and build vocabulary and understanding around a specific setting or activity. They are perfect as pre-writing scaffolds.
Story Stetting Prompts incorporate a short high quality piece of text, packed with stunning tier 2 vocabulary, alongside an emotive image that supports writing. The prompts can be used as stand alone lessons or interventions or as a pre-teach for a specific topic.
VIP stands for Vocabulary, Inference and Prior Knowledge. The sheets focus around a high quality image and enable children to perform high level skills via discussion and writing. Conversation around the image will look at what the child can see, this goes in the vocabulary box, what do they know is happening for sure assesses prior knowledge and what do they think is happening considers inference. The sheets are a great was of assessing prior knowledge before a topic or as an assessment during or after a topic. They can be used during intervention, pre-teaching or as part of the whole class lesson and many learners are likely to find them helpful.
Snapshot Mats are one of our most popular resources, developed in 2018 they are based around a high quality image which provides support for learners. The Mats focus on developing vocabulary linked to popular school topics.