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Table 1 Basic requirements for the lesson plans

From: Improving in-service teachers’ effectiveness: K-12 academic literacy for the linguistically diverse

Requirements

Components

Materials

Planning for integration: Based on the curriculum you are currently using in the school, design two lessons that integrate content and language instruction at the level of objectives/outcomes, instructional activities, and assessment

Identifying information: grade level, content area, learner description for accommodation/modification

Instructional materials you are currently using in the school; Course reading materials.

Two lessons for the same content topic you want your students to learn about: one focusing on the development of spoken language; one on the development of written language;

For each lesson, objectives need to be explicit for both content outcomes and language outcomes (use Model Performance Indicator, WIDA);

For each lesson, student activities/formative assessments will require students to demonstrate the achievement of the content and language outcomes;

For each lesson, visuals/graphic organizers are used to facilitate students’ thinking, comprehension, and communication;

A comment section on 1) principles of language development addressed by the lesson plans; 2) activities that engage students in various thinking processes; 3) activities that facilitate the development of CALP; 4) activities aligned with the established objectives/outcomes; 5) activities that facilitate both content learning and development of language associated with the target content.