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In the UNW School of Education Lesson Plan document, you will find prompts asking you to:
Identify the following language demands used to accomplish the objective(s) of the lesson:
Function:
Form:
Syntax:
Discourse:
Let's take a closer look at what each of those prompts are asking you to identify to help clarify what academic language is needed for your learners to be able to accomplish their lesson objective(s). Then we can consider what additional scaffolds and supports are needed to support academic language success for all learners as well as multilingual learners with differing specific language proficiencies.
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Explicit supports must be provided within the lesson to support the academic language of all students, including to meet the specific needs of students at differing academic language proficiency levels. Based on your analysis of your academic language needs and your instructional context, you may elect to utilize one of more research-backed supports to enhance explicit instruction in order to address the following prompt in your UNW School of Education lesson plan document:
What additional scaffolds and supports are needed to support academic language success for these learners?
Tools, strategies, and practices to support academic language development include, but are not limited to:
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