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English Language Development — Grade 8

Goal 1. Listening — Novice Low, Objective NL 1.03

Goal 1. Listening

The learner will comprehend spoken English in a variety of personal, social, and academic contexts.

Level: Novice Low

Students will use various forms of non-verbal communication to express ideas and demonstrate basic comprehension. They may point, touch, match, draw, act out, demonstrate an action, or play games to show their understanding. Learning objectives focus on developing awareness of English phonemes, responding appropriately to classroom directions, recognizing and pronouncing most letters of the alphabet, recognizing and repeating simple vocabulary, recognizing common greetings, developing print awareness, reading simple and predictable text, writing all letters of the alphabet, copying from printed text, labeling, writing simple sentences, and beginning to use a bilingual dictionary to aid writing and spelling.

Objective NL 1.03

Demonstrate comprehension of verbal cues of concrete academic concepts and informational materials through non-verbal responses such as pointing, drawing, gesturing.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Power sharing and The Lord Proprietors of North Carolina
This lesson examines the essential question: How did government instability under the Lord Proprietors effect the development of North Carolina?

The lesson has been modified for novice low English language learners.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies and English Language Development)
By Pamela Glover and Laura Packer.
Topography of North Carolina and its influence on settlement
This lesson explores where North Carolina is in relation to the United States and North America. Also, we will explore the different regions of North Carolina and how the topography of the region affected settlement.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies and English Language Development)
By Jessica Wilson and Tabitha Horton.