gexcludesELLsfromthelearninginaclassroomWedon抰wanttorelegateELLstothefringesoftheclassroomdoingaseparatelessonwithaclassroomaideorESLteacher.WorkinginsmallgroupsisespeciallybeneficialtoELLswhohaveanauthenticreasontouseacademicvocabularyandrealreasonstodiscusskeyconcepts.ELLsbenefitfromcooperativelearningstructures.Givestudentsajobinagroup.Monitorthattheyareparticipating.7.ModifytestingandhomeworkforELLs.ContentareahomeworkandassessmentsneedstobedifferentiatedforELLs.Teachersshouldallowalternativetypesofassessment:oral,drawings,physicalresponse(e.g.,act-it-out),andmanipulativesaswellasmodificationtothetest.Homeworkandassessmentshouldbedirectlylinkedtoclassroominstructionandstudentsshouldbeprovidedwithstudyguidessothattheyknowwhattostudy.RememberthattheELLsinyourclassmaynotbeabletotakenotes.