Curriculum Design & Lesson Planning Flashcards
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In Understanding by Design (backward design), what is the FIRST stage of planning?
Answer: Identify desired results
Backward design begins by identifying desired results, then determining evidence, then planning instruction.
Which lesson objective is the most measurable?
Answer: Students will write five sentences using the simple past with 80% accuracy
A measurable objective names an observable behavior and a criterion for success.
In a fifth-grade science lesson on the water cycle, which is the best LANGUAGE objective for ELLs?
Answer: Students will orally explain the water cycle using sequence words such as first, next, and finally
Language objectives target how students use language (here, oral sequencing) to engage with content.
Which feature belongs to the Lesson Preparation component of the SIOP Model?
Answer: Clearly defined content and language objectives
SIOP Lesson Preparation includes posting and discussing clearly defined content and language objectives.
A spiral curriculum is best described as one in which:
Answer: Key concepts are revisited repeatedly with increasing complexity
Bruner's spiral curriculum revisits core ideas at progressively deeper levels.
A task-based syllabus is organized primarily around:
Answer: Meaningful tasks that learners complete using the target language
Task-based syllabi use real-world, meaning-focused tasks as the unit of organization.
What is the primary purpose of a warm-up at the start of an ESL lesson?
Answer: To activate prior knowledge and engage learners in the topic
Warm-ups build schema and motivation so learners are ready for new input.
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