1. Jill Kerper Mora San Diego State University

2. 1.Why do we need to write instructional objectives? What are IOs good for? 2.How do instructional objectives relate to the curriculum standards in my content area? 3.Why are the verbs we use in instructional objectives so important? Why does the verb need to be precise? 4.Why do we need to create both language and content objectives? 5.What is the difference between a language objective and a content objective?

3. Language Literacy Content Academic Needs of All Learners

4. Curriculum Standards Anticipatory Set Presentation Check for Understanding Presentation Check for Understanding Closure Monitor and Adjust Independent Practice Assess Mastery Correction (Reteach) Extension Task Analysis Plan Lesson Yes No Guided Practice Check Mastery Next Objective Assess

5.  Language provides labels and categories for familiar concepts.  Language provides a means of describing or expressing already learned concepts.  ELL need much more explicit language instruction & support.

6. Student-oriented: telling what students will do rather than what the teacher will do. Descriptive of learning outcomes: It is the learning outcome, not the learning activity that are described in IO. Clear & understandable: IOs are explicit, using a clearly stated action/process verb Observable: IOs indicate what behavior(s) demonstrate that students have mastered the objective.

7. Vague & unobservable To know To understand To learn To appreciate To study To realize To value To review Observable actions/products To analyze To predict To locate To explain To summarize To select To list To choose To classify

8. Language Key vocabulary Language functions Language skills Sentence structures Lesson tasks Language learning strategies Academic language EX: Sythesize, Reflect, Conclude Content Factual knowledge & information about a topic Simple or complex concepts Concrete or abstract concepts Processes, dynamics & systems Critical thinking about content

9. Language Objectives Listen for Describe Edit Retell Define Find the main idea Compare Summarize Paraphrase Content Objectives Generalize Identify Solve Investigate Distinguish Hypothesize Create Select Draw conclusions about cause & effect