I have been talking about UDL and my recent adventure through the Curriculum Barriers Tutorial. I have decided to try out the graphic organizer on one of my former students from my student teaching class. The little girl I am using is a first grade ELL (English Language Learner) student. When it comes time to write"Family Weekend Journals"it takes her a long time. She has a sentence starter which is "This week is in school I..." and she is to write 2 things she learned and give details about them. Then she needs to write how she feels about school. Unless you sit there with her she can not complete the assignment is takes over an hour. I would say that is a barrier for her and a solution would be to have sentence starter for each sentence until she gets the hang of it. The next method is seat work. When she completes seat work it usually takes awhile because she is distracted and talking to the people at her table. She loves school and enjoys being here but she gets distracted. A solution to this would be to have her seated in a spot where she will not be distracted maybe near the teacher. She relies on one on one help so it would be nice to see her more independent. I believe giving her a sentence starter for her writing and seating her in an area she may not be distracted by could help. Also she could have a "private office" to do her work in. Since she is an ELL student, writing may also be difficult because she is still trying to get the language. She could use picture vocal words to help her. This chart is helpful to use while planning lesson plans.