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About my class

Our school is a large, urban, public high school in the Northeast. It is one of the most diverse schools in America; Haitian Creole, Chinese, Vietnamese, Khmer, Spanish, and Portuguese comfortably co-exist with English in our hallways. This melting pot makes for diverse classrooms -- albeit with challenges facing many high-poverty schools. Over half of our students receive a free or reduced lunch. Teachers and administrators are generous with their money and time, going the extra mile to offer school supplies, snacks, after-school tutoring, and other supports so students can succeed. Students in my classroom are intermediate English language learners. They come from a smorgasbord of home countries, each with its own cultural norms about schooling. Our classroom incorporates rigorous reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities that invite students to discuss their lives and home cultures while learning the fundamentals of academic English.