Persistence Mantras: [ene Wo Redes \leoor Muyo Ne Lo Gue imaginas My exemplar persistence mantra poster. A student's persistence mantra. In In English “there is also sun when it’s English, “you can get much farther than cloudy although you can’t see it.” you ean Imagine.” Gs Ellos Po dievor Yo PoedO.. | | Another student's mantra. In English, This ELL had a motivational mantra about ““f they could, I can!” * persisting to speak English even if he is ey 7 scared or worried about his English ability. dus} Say Tt |\ tcc. ne \\ Sed English \ |Student Responses to class discussion questions “Why did we share so much as a class? Why did we post our mantras for everyone to see? What does sharing as a class have to do with teamwork and why is it important?”; All of the responses below were translated from Spanish to English. Student I: “So that everyone can learn at the same time, share ideas. If one person thinks one thing, another person can correct themselves and learn.” Student 2: “Because we learn to live together and share together. We learn to get along better. If | see that Student | is not working, | can tell him to continue, to “keep going like it says on his mantra.” Student 3: “So that all students can reflect about this and have an idea.. we can reflect more and move forward and if | am sad | can feel better by seeing the other mantras.” Student 4: (In response to Student 3): This is true because when | watch videos, | feel better after watching them. This is really true. It makes me want to continue learning. Student 5: “So they can know what | do and learn. “Two heads thinking are better than one.” That’s what they said when | was on a team before.”