Planning a Lesson in 3 MomentsAugust 2016

New Literacies CollaborativeNewlit.org

This lesson is adapted from and inspired by WestEd’s Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL)

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

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

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

Step 2: Decide what standards you are addressing in the lessonFor 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

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

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.

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.

(Thank You!)