lesson+delivery

Lesson Delivery
**1. ****Content Objectives: **
 * A. Plan lessons that support— **
 * Content objectives must be clearly supported by lesson delivery:
 * Should bestated orally
 * Should be written on board for all to see—preferably in a designated space every time
 * Purpose:
 * Reminds us of lesson focus
 * Provides a structure to classroom procedures—before, during, after
 * Allows students to know direction of the lesson
 * Supplies way for students and teacher to evaluate lesson in light of content objectives
 * Limit content objectives to one or two per lesson

**2. Language Objectives: **
 * Language objectives must be clearly supported by lesson delivery:
 * Should bestated orally
 * Should be written on board for all to see—preferably in a designated space every time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Can relate to ESL Standards from TESOL
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Can be from State Language Arts Grade Level Content Expectations
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Can be specific to book language studied (certain verb form, word endings, vocabulary, punctuation, summarizing, active discussion…
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Need to be recognizable in lesson’s delivery

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">B. Promote Student Engagement: ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Engaged Time-- **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Students should be engaged 90-100% of the period for lesson delivery to be


 * Academic Learning Time-- **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">“When students spend their time actively engaged in activities that relate strongly to the materials they will be tested on, they learn MORE of the material.”

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Aspects of student engagement to consider: **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Allocated time **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">—decisions teachers make regarding amount of time spent on topic and each academic task (reading, word study, writing…)


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Engaged time **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">—Time students are actively participating during allocated time:
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The more actively students participate in the instructional process the more they achieve. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%;">Students learn more when they are attending to the learning tasks that are the focus of instruction


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Academic learning time **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">—Students’ time-on-task, when the task is related to the materials on which they will be tested—not just-for-fun activities!

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Factors that contribute to high levels **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> of student engagement:
 * 1) //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Well planned //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> lessons
 * 2) //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clear explanation //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> of academic tasks or instructions
 * 3) //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Appropriate amount of time //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> spend on an academic task
 * 4) //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Strong classroom management //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> skills
 * 5) //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Opportunities //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">for students //to apply learning// in meaningful ways
 * 6) //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Active //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">student //involvement//
 * 7) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Lesson design //meets the language and learning needs// of students

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">C. Pace Lessons Appropriately: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rate for ELL students must be brisk enough to maintain students’ interest but not too quick to lose their understanding.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Pace depends on lesson content, proficiency level of EL students, and students prior knowledge of content