Correct Response: C. Engaging students in an oral language prewriting activity can help them generate ideas and access vocabulary and language to scaffold the writing assignment. Also, English language learners need multiple exposures to and opportunities to use new vocabulary and language structures. This activity provides both partners with opportunities for listening to and orally generating "I am from . . . " statements prior to writing, which allows them to practice and process ideas and language to support their writing. A, B, and D are incorrect because these activities require the students to work solely with the original poem. The tasks do not promote development of students' own ideas or writing.
