Rodriguez

Extended Comments
In the article, Rodriguez tells his story of the struggles of being a bilingual student. Having attended a private school he was forced to learn the public language-English, in order to be successful. His once very close family grew farther and farther apart as they no longer spoke their private language-Spanish at home anymore by the request of the nuns that ran his school. Their language was not accepted and the family closeness was ruined due to the lack of communication among the family members.
Kelly provides two very nice links on her blog, one which gives statistics and myths about ELL students and one that has some good resources such as quizzes and puzzles that can be used with ELL students.