PPT for NLI 2016 ELL Breakout Sessions

1. Planning a Lesson in 3 Moments
August 2016
New Literacies Collaborative
Newlit.org
This lesson is adapted from and inspired by WestEd’s Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL)

2. In this session, you will
• Work with a group or on your
own to write a Lesson in 3
Moments
• Present your lesson to others

3. A Lesson in 3 Moments
• Preparing the Learner
• Activate prior relevant knowledge
• Focus attention to concepts to be developed
• Introduce vocabulary in context
• Interacting with Texts
• Deconstruct concept
• Establish connections between concepts within
text
• Extending Understanding
• Connect concepts learned to other ideas outside
the text
• Apply newly gained knowledge to novel situations
or problem-solving

4. Step 1: Select a Text
• For our purpose today, it is best to select a specific
text
• If using a long length text, you may choose a chapter
or an excerpt

5. Step 2: Decide what standards you
are addressing in the lesson
For your lesson, your will want to consider:
•Content Area Standards (CCSS, NGSS, ACTFL,
TESOL, and/or NC Essential Standards)
•What students will know and be able to do, and
how they will demonstrate their understanding at
the end

6. Step 3: Write the Lesson
You will:
•Consider the Academic Language students may
need
o How will you scaffold the language
expectations for students within the tasks?
•FIRST create an Extending Understanding Task
•Create at least 1 Preparing the Learner Task
•Create at least 1 Interacting with the Text Task

7. Remember to consider as you write
your lesson…
1. The ways in which tasks work together to scaffold
understanding and engagement for ELLs
2. The structures for student collaboration, interaction, and
discussion.
• What are the language expectations for students?
• How are these expectations embedded in the tasks?
3. What graphic organizers or tools will students use to
engage in the text? Create these as well.

8. When we share…
You will:
•Guide others through each task in your lesson.
•Show each prompt, handout, and finished product
• e.g., If you are asking students to engage in an
Anticipatory Guide, you must create it, with all of the
prompts.

9. (Thank You!)

10. (Thank You!)