a professional development presentation geared towards helping mainstream teachers write language objectives for their ELLs

1. LANGUAGE
OBJECTIVES:
Helping ELLs acquire academic English
BY: KELSEY DAVIS

2. OBJECTI CONTENT OBJECTIVE: I can create language
objectives that complement the content targets
posted in my classroom.
LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE: I can orally describe the
language skills my students will use during a
lesson in one of the core subject areas.
LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE: I can use student-
friendly terms to write a language target that
matches a content target.

3. OBJECTIVES...
keep students and teacher focused on language goals
of the lesson
aid in assessment
benefit all students

4. LANGUAGE
OBJECTIVES
WAYS FOR TEACHERS TO
HELP ELLs ACQUIRE
ACADEMIC ENGLISH
listening speaking
reading writing
Language
objectives outline
the language
skills students will
utilize in order to
accomplish the
lesson’s content
goal(s).

5. math

6. CONTENT
OBJECTIVE
I can create an array to
help me solve a
multiplication equation. listening
speaking
reading
writing

7. math
CONTENT OBJECTIVE: I can create an
array to help me solve a multiplication
equation.
SPEAKING OBJECTIVE: I
can use the words
FACTOR and PRODUCT
when explaining how my
array matches a
multiplication equation.
LISTENING OBJECTIVE: When my
partner explains how her array
matches an equation, I can listen for
the words FACTOR and PRODUCT.

8. VIDEO

9. EXAMPLE:
CONTENT OBJECTIVE: I can describe a
character’s traits, motivations, and
feelings.
WRITING OBJECTIVE: I
can list describing words
about Charlotte and
Wilbur.
READING OBJECTIVE: I can
underline parts of the story that
tell me more about Charlotte
and Wilbur as characters.

10. OBJECTI CONTENT OBJECTIVE: I can create language
objectives that complement the content targets
posted in my classroom.
LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE: I can orally describe the
language skills my students will use during a
lesson in one of the core subject areas.
LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE: I can use student-
friendly terms to write a language target that
matches a content target.

11. LANGUAGE
OBJECTIVES
WAYS FOR TEACHERS TO
HELP ELLs ACQUIRE
ACADEMIC ENGLISH
key
vocabulary &
academic
terms
task &
language
skills
language
learning
strategies
language
functions
http://www.wida.us/standards/ELP_StandardL
ookup.aspx
THINGS
TO
CONSI
DER:

12. WORKT
Think about your content objectives
for next week. It may be helpful to
quickly list the targets you plan to
write on the board. Pick a target
and consider the listening, speaking,
reading, and/or writing skills your
students will need to successfully
master your content objective.
Write a language objective that