Abstract of

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Creating Sentence Walls to Help English-Language Learners Develop Content Literacy

Karen A. Carrier

Alfred W. Tatum

The authors present an instructional scaffold for supporting English-language learners' (ELLs) development of academic language proficiency and content knowledge. They describe the construction and use of sentence walls, a visual scaffold of language to give ELLs an entry point to participation and discussions in content literacy classrooms. They acknowledge that the development of content literacy and English-language proficiency are key elements in the academic success of ELLs and propose that sentence walls can help teachers and students achieve that success.

Abstract from Carrier, K.A., & Tatum, A.W. (2006, November). Creating Sentence Walls to Help English-Language Learners Develop Content Literacy. The Reading Teacher, 60(3), 285–288. doi: 10.1598/RT.60.3.10