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Motivation Strategies For ELL Students

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This motivation approach will this help students who are leaders, self-motivated and gifted and talented because allows them to have freedom to chose assignments which interest them most. It also gives them the permission to help others when time and willingness allows. When students are able to help one another, those who are at risk of falling behind, such as those who are mentally handicapped or have social emotional disorders can be a part of collaboration and conversation between ability levels, which leads to camaraderie and understanding between students. Non-conformists will likely appreciate choices with in work because then they are allowed control over their assignments and creativity within their work. Joker type students and loud attention seeking students might mellow out a bit when they are acknowledged for their contributions and equally included in classroom events. ELL students can be helped by this motivation project because it gives them a platform to express what is or is not working for them. It allows them to adjust the complexity of assignments to something that feels manageable to them, through assignment choise. Also, they can benefit from seeking help from peers as needed and being encouraged and congratulated as they meet their goals. Students who …show more content…

One is that it can be challenging to allow kids to choose different projects yet keep track and grade provide appropriate feedback for assignments that are completed. My plan here is to make assignment choices similar in content but different in format. For example, a poster a power point and report style paragraph on the same content can have the same curriculum content requirements yet seem very different to students due to the different final project presentation. As far as, keeping track of who has decided to what, I could use signup sheets which are also a spread sheet where students can record their work

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