Student Descriptions
Students Descriptions:
Isaac ELL/Beginning has a 504 for Bleeding and Fatigue,
Tommy has 290: Specific Learning Disability (deficit in the area of attention),
Anthony has 320: Autism, Special Learning Disability and ADHD/ADD,
Cristina ELL/ Early Intermediate,
Abraham ELL/ Intermediate.
Isaac:
10th grade English Language Learner
Culture: Mexican
Language: Spanish
SES: Lower class
Family: Isaac lives with his mother and sister.
Readiness: Isaac has trouble with reading and writing. Reads at an 7th grade level. Isaac is very shy.
Interests: Listening to music
Learning profile: Isaac is a Visual learner.
Affect: Isaac is shy. He is well appreciated by his friends.
Management: Isaac works best in groups where he can receive help by his peers.
Tommy:
10th grade
Culture: White
Language: English
SES: Lower middle class
Family: Tommy lives with his mother, father and two little sisters.
Readiness: Tommy is in the average range for calculation and writing samples. He is below in the other academic areas: Broad Reading and Math, Letter-word identification.
Interests: Tommy gets along well with his peers and teachers. He is helpful in class.
Affect: Tommy is very social and makes him an effective member in small groups.
Management: Tommy enjoys working in groups.
Anthony:
11th grade
Culture: White
Language: English
SES: Lower middle class
Family: Anthony lives with his mother and father.
Readiness: Anthony is within the average range for letter Word identification, reading fluency, calculation, writing fluency, and applied problems. Anthony is below the average range in Math fluency and passage comprehension.
Interests: Anthony is enjoying his English class and is doing well. Anthony is interested in computers, electronics.
Learning profile: Anthony does very well in class lessons that are interactive or hands on.
Affect: Anthony communicates with other students and staff appropriately.
Management: Anthony works best individually than in small groups.
Cristina:
10th grade English Language Learner/ Early Intermediate
Culture: Mexican
Language: Spanish
SES: Lower middle class family
Family: Cristina lives with her mother and father. Her grandparents live in Mexico and she and her family visit them in the summer.
Readiness: She has been in the United States for one and a half years and she has been classified as Early Intermediate English Learner. She is literate in Spanish and reads Spanish literature. Her report cards from her school in Mexico indicate above average grades.
Interest: Literature, and drawing.
Learning Profile: Cristina is great analyzing and has strength in her writing abilities.
Affect: Cristina is somewhat shy but is well liked and works well in small groups.
Management: When working in groups Cristina needs to work with others that will stay on task.
Abraham:
11th grade English Language Learner/ Early Advanced
Culture: Mexican
Language: Spanish/English
SES: Low socioeconomic status
Family: Abraham lives with his parents, two brothers, an aunt and uncle.
Readiness: He is fluent in Spanish and becoming proficient in English. He tested Early advanced overall. Advanced in speaking and intermediate in writing.
Interest: Abraham often engages with every group in the class, and can be seen as a bit of a clown.
Learning profile: He has strong speaking skills and is intermediate in writing.
Affect: Abraham is a very social person; he likes to sit in front of the classroom.
Management: Abraham works best in groups and prefers social interaction to individual group work. He can often be overly talkative and needs to be reminded to stay on task.
Isaac ELL/Beginning has a 504 for Bleeding and Fatigue,
Tommy has 290: Specific Learning Disability (deficit in the area of attention),
Anthony has 320: Autism, Special Learning Disability and ADHD/ADD,
Cristina ELL/ Early Intermediate,
Abraham ELL/ Intermediate.
Isaac:
10th grade English Language Learner
Culture: Mexican
Language: Spanish
SES: Lower class
Family: Isaac lives with his mother and sister.
Readiness: Isaac has trouble with reading and writing. Reads at an 7th grade level. Isaac is very shy.
Interests: Listening to music
Learning profile: Isaac is a Visual learner.
Affect: Isaac is shy. He is well appreciated by his friends.
Management: Isaac works best in groups where he can receive help by his peers.
Tommy:
10th grade
Culture: White
Language: English
SES: Lower middle class
Family: Tommy lives with his mother, father and two little sisters.
Readiness: Tommy is in the average range for calculation and writing samples. He is below in the other academic areas: Broad Reading and Math, Letter-word identification.
Interests: Tommy gets along well with his peers and teachers. He is helpful in class.
Affect: Tommy is very social and makes him an effective member in small groups.
Management: Tommy enjoys working in groups.
Anthony:
11th grade
Culture: White
Language: English
SES: Lower middle class
Family: Anthony lives with his mother and father.
Readiness: Anthony is within the average range for letter Word identification, reading fluency, calculation, writing fluency, and applied problems. Anthony is below the average range in Math fluency and passage comprehension.
Interests: Anthony is enjoying his English class and is doing well. Anthony is interested in computers, electronics.
Learning profile: Anthony does very well in class lessons that are interactive or hands on.
Affect: Anthony communicates with other students and staff appropriately.
Management: Anthony works best individually than in small groups.
Cristina:
10th grade English Language Learner/ Early Intermediate
Culture: Mexican
Language: Spanish
SES: Lower middle class family
Family: Cristina lives with her mother and father. Her grandparents live in Mexico and she and her family visit them in the summer.
Readiness: She has been in the United States for one and a half years and she has been classified as Early Intermediate English Learner. She is literate in Spanish and reads Spanish literature. Her report cards from her school in Mexico indicate above average grades.
Interest: Literature, and drawing.
Learning Profile: Cristina is great analyzing and has strength in her writing abilities.
Affect: Cristina is somewhat shy but is well liked and works well in small groups.
Management: When working in groups Cristina needs to work with others that will stay on task.
Abraham:
11th grade English Language Learner/ Early Advanced
Culture: Mexican
Language: Spanish/English
SES: Low socioeconomic status
Family: Abraham lives with his parents, two brothers, an aunt and uncle.
Readiness: He is fluent in Spanish and becoming proficient in English. He tested Early advanced overall. Advanced in speaking and intermediate in writing.
Interest: Abraham often engages with every group in the class, and can be seen as a bit of a clown.
Learning profile: He has strong speaking skills and is intermediate in writing.
Affect: Abraham is a very social person; he likes to sit in front of the classroom.
Management: Abraham works best in groups and prefers social interaction to individual group work. He can often be overly talkative and needs to be reminded to stay on task.