Case Study #1 Anna Vessely, Alicia Lopez, and Ui Jeong

Grade Level: 6-7th grade Subject: English for English Language Learners

Teacher: Sharon Smith Class: 20 Native Spanish Speakers; 10 Students have low comprehension of the English Language and 10 have a moderate understanding

Duration: 30-45 minutesEducational Standards1: Writing Early Intermediate ELD Level Grade 6-8 “Write simple sentences or brief responses to selected literature to show factual understanding of the text.”Reading Beginning ELD Level Grade 6-8 “Identify orally different characters and settings in simple literary texts by using words or phrases”

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1References: California State Standards for Grade 6-7 English Language Development: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/englangdevstnd.pdf2 Picture sourced from: http://s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/3101612/cropped-a-bad-case-of-stripes-davidshannon_1_.jpg?1351807331

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Case Study #1 Anna Vessely, Alicia Lopez, and Ui Jeong

1. Who is the main character in this story? How would you describe her?

2. What is the main setting(s) in this story? Is there more than one?

3. What is the conflict in this story? Why doesn’t Camila want others to know

she like lima beans?

4. Who is the conflict with? Is it with herself, someone, or something else?

5. What do you think the theme of this story is?

6. Do you think that this theme relates to what Camila learned from having a

bad case of the stripes?

7. We learned earlier the different parts of the plot. Can someone tell me what

the resolution of this story was?

8. How do you think the woman knew to give Camila lima beans, something

that she secretly loved?

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