This document discusses language and content objectives. It defines a content objective as what students will learn about a subject, and a language objective as the specific language skills students will practice. The purpose of objectives is to align language and content goals so that learning a subject also helps students improve their language skills. An example is given of a content objective about classifying shapes and a language objective for a student to label types of lines and angles using certain vocabulary words. The document also provides a sample analysis of language needs and corresponding language objectives for making predictions about states of matter.

1. Language Objectives

2. Discuss these questions:
 What is a content objective?
 What is a language objective?
 What is the purpose of having language and content
objectives?
 What should the relationship be between language
and content objectives?

3. Connections
Content Objective: Students will classify two-dimensional
figures based on presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular
lines
Language Objective: Uriel will produce the words parallel,
perpendicular, obtuse, acute, and right angle when labeling types
of lines and angles according to their properties using realia and
graphic support.
Model Performance Indicator (MPI): Grade 4,
Writing, p. 72, ELP Level 1
Performance Indicator (PI): ________________________

4. Analysis of language
• What language does the student need to…?
Make
predictions on
states of matter
with a partner.
Linguistic Complexity:
Uses expanded clauses
(e.g., I predict the ice will
melt when exposed…”
Vocabulary Usage:
Liquid, solid, gas, stat
es of matter
Forms and
Conventions:
Future tense
(e.g., I predict
the ice will
melt…”

5. Sample language objectives
• Students will use the future tense to make predictions of change
in states of matter.
• Students will produce expanded sentences using clauses to
make predictions of change in states of matter.