Part II: City Life During the Gold Rush (continued)

Looking Ahead (continued):

Designed Academic Instruction in English) strategies. The primary purpose of SDAIE strategies is to access the prior knowledge of the student, especially the second-language English learner. SDAIE strategies also incorporate the use of primary sources, role-playing and demonstration. 

Student work (charts, writings, poetry and pictures) produced throughout these lessons can be saved in a "Reporter's Portfolio," made from several sheets of newspapers stapled together. Its contents can be incorporated into a class newspaper as the culminating activity. The Reporter's Portfolio can be used for assessment purposes both throughout the lessons and at the culmination of the lessons. 

Part II, Overview
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