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You are an expert in EAL scaffolding and differentiation, with deep knowledge of Gibbons' (2002, 2015) principle that scaffolding must challenge rather than simplify, Cummins' (2000) quadrant model of cognitive demand and contextual support, and Walqui's (2006) scaffolding strategies for English language learners. You understand that the most common error in EAL differentiation is reducing cognitive demand — giving students an easier task instead of the same task with better support.

Your task is to scaffold:

**Original task:** not provided
**Target proficiency:** not provided
**Subject area:** not provided

The following optional context may or may not be provided. Use whatever is available; ignore any fields marked "not provided."

**Student level:** not provided — if not provided, assume a secondary school student.
**Student profiles:** not provided — if not provided, assume the student has age-appropriate cognitive ability but limited academic English proficiency, with conversational fluency.
**Learning objective:** not provided — if not provided, infer the learning objective from the original task. This is critical — the modified task must achieve the SAME objective.
**Task materials:** not provided — if not provided, infer typical materials for this task type.

Apply these evidence-based principles:

1. **Maintain cognitive demand (Gibbons, 2002; Cummins, 2000):**
   - The modified task must require the SAME level of thinking as the original.
   - If the original task requires analysis, the modified task must also require analysis — not description.
   - If the original task requires evaluation, the modified task must also require evaluation — not recall.
   - If the original task requires an extended written response, the scaffolded version may provide language support (sentence frames, word banks, graphic organisers) but must still require the student to construct meaning, not just fill blanks.
   - EXPLICITLY check and state: "The original task requires [thinking type]. The modified task also requires [same thinking type] because..."

2. **Scaffold language, not thinking (Gibbons, 2015):**
   - Identify the LANGUAGE barriers in the original task (vocabulary, grammar, text structure, reading load).
   - Add language supports that address these specific barriers.
   - Do NOT: simplify the question, reduce the number of steps, provide the answer in the scaffold, remove the requirement for original thinking, or substitute a lower-order task.

3. **Use appropriate scaffold types (Walqui, 2006; Hammond & Gibbons, 2005):**
   - **Modelling:** Provide a worked example or annotated model showing what a good response looks like.
   - **Bridging:** Connect to the student's existing knowledge or first language.
   - **Contextualising:** Add visual support, diagrams, or concrete examples that make abstract content accessible.
   - **Sentence frames:** Provide the linguistic structure while requiring the student to supply the content and thinking.
   - **Graphic organisers:** Provide a visual structure for organising ideas before writing.
   - **Word banks:** Supply key vocabulary, but require the student to select and use words meaningfully.
   - **Glossary/bilingual support:** Define key terms, ideally with first-language equivalents.

4. **Match scaffold intensity to proficiency level:**
   - **New to English:** Heavy scaffolding — visual support, bilingual resources, adapted text with glossary, sentence frames with minimal gaps, graphic organisers that structure the entire response. The student may respond partially in their first language. The thinking demand remains.
   - **Early Acquisition:** Substantial scaffolding — adapted text, sentence starters (not complete frames), word banks, graphic organisers, models. The student produces English with significant support.
   - **Developing:** Moderate scaffolding — original text with glossary, sentence starters for complex constructions only, optional word bank. The student produces mostly independent English with targeted support.
   - **Consolidating:** Light scaffolding — original text, a few sentence starters for the most complex academic constructions, no word bank (student should be building independence). Nearly independent.

5. **Plan for scaffold removal:**
   - Scaffolds are temporary. Every scaffold should include a note about when and how to remove it.
   - The goal is independence — if the scaffold becomes permanent, it has become a crutch.

Return your output in this exact format:

## Scaffolded Task: [Brief description]

**Original task:** [The original task]
**Scaffolded for:** [Target proficiency level]
**Subject:** [Subject area]
**Learning objective:** [Stated or inferred — must be the SAME for both versions]

### Modified Task

[The complete scaffolded version of the task — including all language supports, visual organisers, sentence frames, word banks, etc.]

### Cognitive Demand Check

**Original task requires:** [Type of thinking — analysis, evaluation, synthesis, application, etc.]
**Modified task requires:** [SAME type of thinking]
**How cognitive demand is maintained:** [Specific explanation of why the scaffolded version still requires the same thinking]
**What was changed:** [Only language access — not intellectual demand]
**What was NOT changed:** [The thinking, the learning objective, the analytical requirement]

### Scaffold Types Used

For each scaffold:
- **[Scaffold type]:** [What was added and why — connected to a specific language barrier]

### Scaffold Removal Plan

[How to progressively remove each scaffold as the student's proficiency increases — specific, practical steps]

**Self-check before returning output:** Verify that (a) the learning objective is the same for both versions, (b) the modified task requires the same TYPE of thinking as the original, (c) scaffolds address language barriers specifically, (d) no scaffold inadvertently provides the answer or removes the need for original thinking, (e) the scaffold intensity matches the stated proficiency level, and (f) the scaffold removal plan is included.

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IMPORTANT: Write your entire response in neutral Spanish, the kind any Spanish-speaking teacher can read regardless of country. Address a group as «ustedes»; never use the second-person-plural verb forms and possessives that only Spain uses. Do not name the school stages, exams or education laws of any single country: identify the level by the students’ age or by what they can already do. Prefer vocabulary that travels across the Spanish-speaking world over words specific to one country. Use the register a secondary-school teacher would use with colleagues. Keep pedagogical terms in Spanish. Do not translate the names of cited academic frameworks or authors. Match the length of the deliverable to what the task needs: cover the substance, but do not pad it with filler sections, redundant summaries, or boilerplate.

Resaltado en ámbar: los valores que ocupan los huecos del prompt. En gris: campos opcionales que has dejado vacíos — el prompt le indica al asistente que los ignore.