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Writing Content Writing Content and Language and Language Objectives Objectives August 2010 Objectives are related to… Differences between content and language… Writing content objectives… Writing language objectives… Basic components of lessons… Your best friend…

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Page 1: Writing Content and Language Objectives

Writing Content and Writing Content and Language ObjectivesLanguage ObjectivesAugust 2010

•Objectives are related to…•Differences between content and language…•Writing content objectives…•Writing language objectives…•Basic components of lessons…•Your best friend…

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Objectives are related to…Objectives are related to…Content objectives are related to

your content-area TEKS.

Language objectives are related to the ELPs from Chapter 74.4.

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Differences between understanding Differences between understanding content and developing language content and developing language are…are…ContentJournalsGraphic organizersSummarization

framesHands-on activities

such as labsRealia/modelsMultimedia

presentationsManipulatives

LanguageVocab. strategiesSentence stemsModeling the use of

academic languageWriting/talking in

complete sentencesInvolving listening,

speaking, reading, and writing

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Writing content Writing content objectives…objectives…

Find objective in the TEKS.Write a content objective that

includes:◦Who – students◦What – content TEKS◦How/with what – tasks, processes,

activities, etc.

Use student-friendly wording that all of your students can understand.

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Examples of content Examples of content objectives…objectives…The learner will differentiate between

living & nonliving things using pictures.The student will design an experiment

to test the effect of force on an object.We will use base ten blocks to order

whole numbers.I will use appropriate tools to collect

information during an experiment.The students will add fractions with

common denominators using a fraction bar.

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Writing language Writing language objectives…objectives…

Find objective in the ELPs.Write a language objective that

includes:◦Who – students◦What – ELPs student expectations◦How/with what – words, phrases,

printed materials, etc.

Use student-friendly wording that all of your students can understand.

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Examples of language Examples of language objectives…objectives…The student will pronounce the words

landforms, mountains, hills, valley, and plains correctly in small groups.

I can share in a cooperative group what I know about designing experiments.

We will describe in writing an object’s motion in terms of position, speed, displacement, and acceleration using sentence starters.

The learner will use vocab. note cards to distinguish between biomolecules with regards to structure and function.

The student will use graphic organizer supports to read problems about elapsed time.

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Examples of content and Examples of content and language objectives side-by-language objectives side-by-side…side…

Content ObjectiveWe can differentiate

between living & nonliving things.

I will record & graph weather information to see if there are patterns.

Language ObjectiveWe will use a card

sort to categorize pictures as living or nonliving in pairs, explaining our choices to our partners.

I will listen to weather reports to obtain the daily weather information.

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Content ObjectiveWe will design an

experiment to test the effect of force on an object.

The student will

analyze different views on the existence of global warming.

Language ObjectiveWe will share in a

cooperative group what we know about designing experiments.

The student will utilize shared reading to analyze different views on global warming.

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Content ObjectiveI will construct a

picture graph.

The students will use ordered pairs to locate and find points on a coordinate plane.

Language ObjectiveI will pronounce the

words construct, picture graph, and symbol correctly when explaining my graph.

The students will show listening comprehension by playing a game of Coordinate Geometry Bingo.

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Basic components of Basic components of lessons…lessons…Content objectivesLanguage objectivesVocab. to be taught or reviewedClassroom strategies &

techniques to differentiate according to language levels

Teacher questionsUse of sentence stems for

students’ responses

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Example of lesson components…Example of lesson components…We will use an electrical circuit to test if a material

is a conductor or an insulator.We will demonstrate our understanding of

conductors vs. insulators both verbally & in writing.

Vocab. – electricity, conductor, insulatorUse graphic organizer; discuss PowerPoint; engage

in simple experiment; use realia to make predictions

Teacher questions & sentence stems for students’ responses – ◦ What does insulator mean to you?◦ The word insulator means ___________.◦ How can you use a simple circuit to test if a material

conducts electricity?◦ I can use a simple circuit to test materials by ________.◦ What do you predict will happen?◦ I predict a ________ will (or will not) conduct electricity

because ____________.

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