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This study was designed to determine the impact of different approaches to art making on language acquisition and communication skill development in urban, public elementary school English Language Learners (ELLs) who speak a variety of languages. As determined by suggestions from studies previously conducted (Eubanks, 2002, Spina, 2006, Ingraham and Nuttall, 2016) and curricula (The New York State Education Department Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies, 2010) intended to support language acquisition and communication skill development in ELLs, the author has chosen to study small group collaboration, large group collaboration, and choice based art making to determine the impact of best practices of three common art teaching strategies on three ELL students in her classroom. The author found all three strategies effective in supporting language acquisition and communication skill development in public, urban, elementary school ELLs.

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert