Language Supports by Proficiency Level Descriptor
Snap and Chat
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Pre-Production
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Show example sketches related to the lesson to guide students’ drawings. Provide labeled visuals or an emotion chart (happy, confused, excited) so students can choose an emoji that represents their understanding. Allow students to point, gesture, or draw before explaining their thinking. |
Beginning
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Offer key vocabulary that students might use in their response. Encourage students to discuss their sketch and caption with a partner before writing. Provide simple sentence frames such as “I chose this emoji because ___.” |
Intermediate
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Have students create their own captions for their emoji and explain their reasoning in complete sentences. Ask students to justify their emoji choice by connecting it to their learning. |
High Intermediate
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Provide a list of alternative words or phrases to expand vocabulary. Ask students to explain their emoji choice in detail and connect their explanation to prior knowledge or related concepts. |
Advanced
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Challenge students to analyze their learning by explaining why their emoji best represents their understanding and how their thinking connects to the broader concept or lesson. |
