Supportive+Environment

**Interpersonal**

 * **Common Circles **
 * **M & M's **
 * **People Bingo **

**Presentational**

 * Diamond Poem
 * Shield

For more activities to know the learner, check out Leslie Grahn's wikispace, Dare to Differentiate, where you'll also find interests surveys and multiple intelligences checklists in the target language.

Activities to Surround Students with the Target Language

 * Talk in a natural pattern as if students understand
 * Use visuals and gestures to increase comprehension
 * Use a "think-aloud" approach to what you do in the classroom; for example, you might say (in the target languag//e): I'm going to my desk now to get the paper and pencils we need for the next activity. Where did I leave those pencils? Oh, here are my pencils - under the papers!//
 * Include predictable activities and routines that you do over and over
 * Use "caretaker" speech - the kind of talk parents use with their children (i.e., //m'ijo / m'ija// in Spanish):
 * A slightly slower rate of speech
 * More distinct pronunciation
 * Shorter, less complex sentences
 * More rephrasing and repetition
 * More frequent meaning checks
 * Use of gestures and visuals
 * Greater use of concrete referents
 * Scaffolding - modeling and leading students to more complex discourse
 * Base language in **CONTEXT** - both vocabulary and grammatical structures