Elements of a Lesson I
Elements of a Lesson II
Cognitive Domain
TELPAS
Acronyms
100
What the teacher generally wants students to learn/accomplish as a result of the lesson.
What is the Overall Daily Goal?
100
Everything the teacher and/or students need for the lesson.
What are materials?
100
Identify the level of the cognitive domain: The student will label the capitals of each South American country on a blank map of South America.
What is the knowledge level?
100
Students who take the TELPAS exam each year.
Who are English Language Learners (ELLs)?
100
Conversational language similar to a native English speaker; takes around 2 years to attain.
What is Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills?
200
Specific statements of observable, measurable learning behavior.
What are objectives?
200
Strategies and activities which help students master the objectives.
What is input/instructional input?
200
Identify the level: The students will develop an experiment to verify whether the cafeteria food is toxic.
What is Synthesis?
200
At this level of proficiency, students have little or no ability to understand spoken English in academic and social settings
What is Beginning?
200
Ability to use academic, abstract language similar to a native speaker; normally take 5-7 years to acquire.
What is Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency?
300
An event that creates interest and ties in to the lesson to be presented.
What is the focus (or "hook" or "anticipatory set").
300
What students do with the help of the teacher.
What is Guided Practice?
300
Identify the level: Given a list of words, the student will classify each according to to its part of speech.
What is Analysis?
300
Students at this level of proficiency have the ability to understand grade-appropriate spoken English used in academic and social settings with minimal second language acquisition support.
What is Advanced High?
300
A committee which identifies the specific needs of exceptional students, and creates a plan for required modifications, and the least restrictive environment for the student.
What is an Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee?
400
Activity students work on independently until the lesson formally begins.
What is a sponge activity/bell-ringer/warm up?
400
Activities students do alone to demonstrate that they have learned the objectives.
What is Independent Practice?
400
Identify the level: Given three descriptions of Thomas Jefferson, the student will assess each to determine if its author was a political ally of enemy of the 3rd president.
What is Evaluation?
400
Students at this proficiency level have the ability to understand, with second language acquisition support, grade-appropriate spoken English used in academic and social settings.
What is Advanced?
400
Language objectives which are linked to the State's content standards.
What are the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)?
500
Good reason student should learn this material.
What is a lesson rationale?
500
The way you reinforce what students have learned a final time.
What is Closure?
500
Identify the level: Using the quadratic formula, the students will solve a series of math problems.
What is Application?
500
Students at this level of proficiency have the ability to understand simple, high-frequency spoken English used in routine academic and social settings.
What is Intermediate?
500
Assesses the progress that ELL students make in learning English; 4 proficiency levels.
What is Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS)?
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