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English Language Development — Grades 9–12

Goal 2. Speaking — Intermediate Low, Objective IL 2.10

Goal 2. Speaking

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

Level: Intermediate Low

Students will begin to use limited vocabulary to participate in discussions on familiar topics spoken at normal speed with periods of momentary silence. In addition, they may use forms of non-verbal communication to demonstrate comprehension. Learning objectives focus on demonstrating an understanding of English phonemes, knowing the essential content of messages and greetings, following one and two-step directions, demonstrating comprehension of various literary genres, participating in group discourse, using tone of voice and gestures to enhance meaning, applying grammatical patterns in speech, incorporating idioms, self-correcting basic vocabulary and grammar, retelling and restating, making predictions, identifying basic text features, identifying elements of fiction and non-fiction, using reference materials, discerning cultural variations represented in texts, learning guided note-taking, writing paragraphs on familiar topics, editing own writing, and recognizing characteristics of American high schools.

Objective IL 2.10

Begin to actively participate in social conversations and classroom discussions with peers and adults on familiar topics by asking/answering questions and soliciting information.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Comparative anatomy: A continuum
In groups, students will design a presentation that will trace the development of an organ system through the major phyla of the animal kingdom looking for the relationships between structure and function by documenting adaptations.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Information Skills, English Language Development, and Science)
By Joan Warner and Melissa Thibault.
How Ironic!
This lesson will introduce students to the concept of irony. Verbal, situational, and dramatic irony will be defined, but the focus of the lesson is situational irony. This lesson can be used prior to teaching longer, more complex short stories that contain situational irony. This lesson is modified for an English Language Learner (ELL) who reads at the Intermediate Low (IL) level.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
By Ann Gerber and Tericia Summers.