Lesson Preparation: Building Background:

Make text accessible Review the content

to all students and select key terms
Highlight key Students self-select
concepts vocabulary
Use before, during, A simple graphic
and after reading or system used to
writing discuss concepts
Personal dictionaries

Key Components
for Making
Content
Comprehensible

Strategies:
Comprehensible Input:
Illustrate new
Use speech at learning on a
proficiency level poster
Highlight key Using acronyms
vocabulary by pre- to learn
teaching key words concepts
Visit relevant Brainstorm
websites
 Practice and Application:
Interaction:
Abstract concepts
Learning is more
and new info
effctive when
needs to be
students can
relevant
participate Discussing and
Putting students in
doing make
small groups, use
concepts concrete
table talk Opportunities for
Flexible partnering

Key
Components for
Making Content
Comprehensible

Lesson Delivery:
Review and Assessment:
Pacing rate for
Key vocabulary can
ELL can keep
be deveolped
them focused
through analogy
Students
Review key
should be
concepts during
engaged 90-
and at the end
100% of period Feedback is given
Should be
orally and in writing