I can honestly say that I always follow strategies 9,10 and 12. I agree that ELL kids put in twice the effort. They not only have to translate the reading, but also understand it. Whereas reading the text may be "easy" for the general population. They can quickly summarize the article incorporating many grammatically correct sentences. While the ELL may have put in three times more time to formulate one well written sentence as his/her answer.
I taught four years in Buffalo Public Schools. They did a training for all staff and said, "If you know one person that is black, you know one person that is black." I use that when I think of other cultures or students with disabilities; no two people are exactly alike. I do feel I need to get better at strategy 11 because I am one who can get embarrassed easily and need to show my students (whether planned or not) that it is okay to make mistake and find the humor in it. I will know I am making a breakthrough with this strategy if I see my students understanding the humor, but not picking on each other.
I taught four years in Buffalo Public Schools. They did a training for all staff and said, "If you know one person that is black, you know one person that is black." I use that when I think of other cultures or students with disabilities; no two people are exactly alike. I do feel I need to get better at strategy 11 because I am one who can get embarrassed easily and need to show my students (whether planned or not) that it is okay to make mistake and find the humor in it. I will know I am making a breakthrough with this strategy if I see my students understanding the humor, but not picking on each other.