Conferences
2007 CREATE Conference
Academic Language and Content:A Focus on English Language Learners in the Middle School
Presentation Transcripts and PowerPoints
The presentations delivered at the 2007 CREATE conference have been transcribed to allow those who attended to revisit the speakers' remarks and to provide those who didn't attend the opportunity to experience the presentations, albeit in a reduced way. Where available, some or all of the accompanying PowerPoint slides are provided along with the transcription.
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Welcome and Overview of CREATE |
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| Supporting English Language Learners' Success with Academic Language: What Teachers Need to Know Guadalupe Valdés |
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| Assessment, Accountability, and Instruction for ELLs Under NCLB David J. Francis |
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Apprenticing the Academic Uses of English: Middle School English Language Learners and their Teachers |
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QuEST (Quality English and Science Teaching) |
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| Academic Uses of English: A Focus on Science Jana Echevarria & Deborah Short |
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| Academic English: Interactions between Student and Language Alison L. Bailey |
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| Learning History, Learning Academic Language Mary Schleppegrell |
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| Social Studies Instruction Sylvia Linan-Thompson |
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| Word Generation Catherine E. Snow |
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| Creating Literacy-Rich Middle Schools Douglas Fisher |
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| Effective Classroom Practices—English Learner Development Strategies in Science Michael P. Klentschy |
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