For many Newcomers, access to rigorous and high-quality texts, such as novels and book-length works of nonfiction, are gatekept behind higher levels of integrated ELA coursework. In this session, the presenter will share teacher-developed materials for a novel study in his Newcomer ELD Beginning and Intermediate courses and discuss an architecture for scaffolding challenging book-length texts, such as The House on Mango Street, for Newcomers in their first three years of study.
Duncan Rivera Wanless is an ELD and ELA teacher at his alma mater, Edison High School, in Fresno, CA. He serves on the advisory board of the California Newcomer Network.
