Profession Portfolio Artifact Overview

1. Profession Portfolio Artifact Overview EDUC 567: Literacy and the English Learner

2. Lesson Plan Template Type Name of Lesson Plan Here Type Your Name as the Lesson Plan Author Here Use SIOP information

3. EDUC 567: Practicum Template

4. Content Objectives • Identify what students should know and be able to do • Are aligned with district/state standards

5. Content Objectives Examples • [Grade 1]Students will deepen their knowledge of the concept of addition through oral storytelling with the use of manipulatives. They will connect addition stories to math equations, and write the equations.

6. Content Objectives Examples • [Grades 7-8]Students will explore three decisions about the atomic bomb faced by the U.S. during WWII, take a position on each, and defend their position orally: • Decision A: Should the U.S. government build an atomic bomb? • Decision B: Should the U.S. government drop the bomb on Japan to end the war? • Decision C: In hindsight, did President Truman make the right decision?

7. Content Objectives Examples • [Grades 9-12]Students will be able to: • Differentiate the characteristics of animal and plant cells • Identify and name at least six organelles in the cell • Match effectively the function to the organelle on a cell model • Build a three-dimensional model of a plant or animal cell

8. Content Instruction Strategies Refer to Handout • Target the “Big Idea” of the content • Assess and build upon students’ prior knowledge • Make sure that the new information is comprehensible • Use a variety of literacy and vocabulary activities • Organize purposeful interactions • Use fair and appropriate assessment strategies • Provide Instruction in a low-risk environment (Source: S. Wagner, Illinois Resource Center, 1999 References: Collier, 95; Cummins, 94; Peregoy and Boyle 97; Richard-Amato, 96; Snow, 92.)

9. Language Objectives • Identify what students should know and be able to do • Are aligned with district/state standards

10. Language Objectives • Focus on: • Developing vocabulary • Improving: • Reading comprehension skills • Writing skills: • Brainstorming • Outlining • Drafts • Revising • Editing • Completing a text

11. Language Objectives • Focus on: [Grades 9-12 continued] • Improving: • Requesting information, justifying opinions, negotiating meaning, providing detailed explanations • Higher-order skills, such as articulating predictions or hypotheses, stating conclusions, summarizing information and making comparisons • Specific grammar points

12. Language Objectives Examples • [Grade 1]Students will use key vocabulary while telling their addition stories: first, then, together, plus, and equals. They will state the equation for the story, appropriately.

13. Language Objectives Examples • [Grades 7-8]Students will: • Read information for each decision in a small group and reach consensus on a position (by listening and discussing). • State their position and orally defend it in a class dialogue. • Disagree with prior speakers in a respectful manner. • Defend a position in writing on whether or not it was justifiable to use the bomb on Japan.

14. Language Objectives Examples • [Grades 9-12]Students will be able to: • Discuss cells and organelles in small groups • Negotiate designs for building a cell • Use appropriate scientific terms for cells, organelles, and functions