Prewriting Strategies for Mainstream English Learners

This project is a curriculum designed for mainstream English learners in an eighth grade Language Arts classroom. This project was designed to address the lack of resources there are to assist English learners in their prewriting. The curriculum focuses on the positive effects of using multiple intelligence activities to assist various types of learners including English learners. It also reveals the importance of providing students with ample opportunities to prepare for the drafting process. Research has shown that engaging students in prewriting activities before they write a draft will help improve the overall quality of their writing (Graham & Perin, 2007). The methodology for this project details literature selection, curriculum, design, and assessment. The curriculum includes various lessons for six units spread across an entire year. The lessons are created on using various modes of intelligences that relies on visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles. Each prewriting activity is graded using a rubric or checklist and is given to students with the prewriting assignment instructions. The curriculum can positively influence students because it will provide them with alternative ways of learning new writing strategies. The activities can make a difference for a variety of leaners as it will give them unconventional ways of prewriting that suits their way of learning and better prepare them for the drafting process.Educatio