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1. Judy Dubois

   December 6, 2013 at 11:20 pm

   With somewhat similar small groups I’ve used The Arrival by Shaun Tan. It’s a graphic novel with no words in it. We look at the pages, describe what we see, turn the page, what’s the man doing? You can make the language as simple or as complex as you wish, according to your students’ level. I often use it with new students since it lets me see where they’re at. The story is intriguing, so the more advanced kids will be engaged as well as the weaker ones. I sometimes ask better students to write a short text describing one of the incidents in the book. Then (after editing) I use that text with other students.

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2. Diane N.

   December 8, 2013 at 11:16 am

   I think using short, wordless video clips would work too, in the same way that Judy uses the wordless book. Ex: Simon’s Cat videos on YouTube.

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