Writing Menu For English Learners

After students have completed a book, they must choose a

strategy as a way to reflect upon the book.

Sketching:
Student listens
to the teacher
and draws
pictures to go
with the text.
Dialogue
Journals:
Allow for
teacher/learner
communication
.
Blogs:
Students write
and post entries
in online
journals.

Double Entry
Journals:
Connect with a
text and its
content.

Pattern Books:
This kind of book is
repetitive and
predictable.

Letters:
Allow students to
reflect upon their
experiences and
learning.

Alphabet Books:
They incorporate
the sequence
pattern of the
alphabet.

Simulated Journal:

Reading Logs:

Students take on a
role of a book
character and write
from their viewpoint.

Students can make

predictions, examine
beginning-middleend, explore
characters, and
diagram plot.