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PDST: PowerPoint EAL workshop
PDST PowerPoint of EAL Workshop
Introductory seminar - day 1
This seminar aimed to provide language support teachers with an overview of language acquisition and effective EAL teaching. An opportunity to explore the English Language Proficiency Benchmarks in relation to Listening and Speaking and to define and illustrate assessment in the context of EAL was also provided at this seminar.
Introductory seminar - day 1
This seminar aimed to provide language support teachers with an overview of language acquisition and effective EAL teaching. An opportunity to explore the English Language Proficiency Benchmarks in relation to Listening and Speaking and to define and illustrate assessment in the context of EAL was also provided at this seminar.


Scaffolding Language - Scaffolding Learning by Pauline Gibbons (2nd Ed)
The bestselling Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning helped tens of thousands of mainstream elementary teachers ensure that their English language learners became full members of the school community with the language and content skills they needed for success. In the highly anticipated Second Edition, Pauline Gibbons updates her classic text with a multitude of practical ideas for the classroom, supported by the latest research in the field of ELL/ESL.
With clear directions and classroom tested strategies for supporting students' academic progress, Gibbons shows how the teaching of language can be integrated seamlessly with the teaching of content, and how academic achievement can be boosted without sacrificing our own vision of education to the dictates of knee-jerk accountability. Rich examples of classroom discourse illustrate exactly how the scaffolding process works, while activities to facilitate conversation and higher-level thinking put the latest research on second language learning into action.
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With clear directions and classroom tested strategies for supporting students' academic progress, Gibbons shows how the teaching of language can be integrated seamlessly with the teaching of content, and how academic achievement can be boosted without sacrificing our own vision of education to the dictates of knee-jerk accountability. Rich examples of classroom discourse illustrate exactly how the scaffolding process works, while activities to facilitate conversation and higher-level thinking put the latest research on second language learning into action.
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SET/EAL Summary of Needs of Each Child the SET/EAL for which the teachers is responsible
(Made by Annie Asgard) This grid should be used with coded names only! It is an example and you can edit to suit your own needs. It allows the Class Teacher and all the SET/EAL, SNA and SENCO and In School Manangement to see who on the staff is responsible for the different programmes and approaches used with each child.


Primary EAL/SET Yearly Plan
(Made by Annie Asgard) These are files for View Only. To save them for yourself, please follow the instructions below:
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files.
Editable Yearly Plan for 2019-2020
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files.
Editable Yearly Plan for 2019-2020


Primary EAL Themes for Year Calendar
(Made by Annie Asgard) These are files for View Only. To save them for yourself, please follow the instructions below:
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files.
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files.


Primary EAL/SET Teacher Timetable Template
(Made by Annie Asgard) These are files for View Only. To save them for yourself, please follow the instructions below:
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files.
Primary EAL/SET Teacher Timetable - editable - double stream school
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files.
Primary EAL/SET Teacher Timetable - editable - double stream school


Primary EAL Fortnightly Planning Template
(Made by Annie Asgard) These are files for View Only. To save them for yourself, please follow the instructions below:
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files.
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files.


Alternative Fortnightly Planning Template
(Made by Joan Ryan) Please don't request editing rights. Go to 'File' 'Make a Copy'
Fortnightly plan for EAL group.
Fortnightly plan for EAL group.


Primary - Yearly Scheme for EAL
(Made by Joan Ryan) These are files for View Only. To save them for yourself, please follow the instructions below:
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files.
Yearly Scheme with themes (from JR) Please note: this plan may be altered to suit the needs of the students in the particular class group as some students will undoubtedly
have differing levels of English language proficiency. The plan is primarily designed to develop the skills of listening, speaking,
reading and writing using the medium of English.
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files.
Yearly Scheme with themes (from JR) Please note: this plan may be altered to suit the needs of the students in the particular class group as some students will undoubtedly
have differing levels of English language proficiency. The plan is primarily designed to develop the skills of listening, speaking,
reading and writing using the medium of English.


Primary September/October Themes (related to previous Yearly Plan)
(Made by Joan Ryan) These are files for View Only. To save them for yourself, please follow the instructions below:
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files. September and October Themes
I. At School.
II. Seasons – with a focus on autumn.
III. Weather.
IV. Continuing the cross curricular study on trees in Ireland.
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files. September and October Themes
I. At School.
II. Seasons – with a focus on autumn.
III. Weather.
IV. Continuing the cross curricular study on trees in Ireland.


September/October Introductory Activities and Strategies
(Made by Joan Ryan) These are files for View Only. To save them for yourself, please follow the instructions below:
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files. List of activities and strategies for Primary EAL students for September and October
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files. List of activities and strategies for Primary EAL students for September and October


TPR: Total Physical Response Activities
(Shared by Joan Ryan) These are files for View Only. To save them for yourself, please follow the instructions below:
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files. Total Physical Response is a strategy used for total beginners in a language. You can read more about TPR here: http://www.theteachertoolkit.com/index.php/tool/total-physical-response-tpr
File > Make a Copy and you can rename it for your own files. Total Physical Response is a strategy used for total beginners in a language. You can read more about TPR here: http://www.theteachertoolkit.com/index.php/tool/total-physical-response-tpr


Covid 19 Contact Tracking Spreadsheet
(Made by Annie Asgard) Feel free to go to File>Make a Copy to use this Covid Contact Tracker to log any contact staff have with a child/family. The document can be shared in a password protected file on your school network or G-Drive. Use codes not names for GDPR.


Covid-19 Online Lesson Tracker
(Made by Annie Asgard) Track your online lessons and use a digital parents signature to track your Covid19 online lessons. Edit by going to File>Make a Copy and then saving one for each Child/Group/Class you teach.