ESL Curriculum Design & Lesson Planning 2

Question 1

In Understanding by Design (backward design), what is the FIRST stage of planning?

Accepted Answer

Identify desired results

Answer

Backward design begins by identifying desired results, then determining evidence, then planning instruction.

Question 2

Which lesson objective is the most measurable?

Accepted Answer

Students will write five sentences using the simple past with 80% accuracy

Answer

A measurable objective names an observable behavior and a criterion for success.

Question 3

In a fifth-grade science lesson on the water cycle, which is the best LANGUAGE objective for ELLs?

Accepted Answer

Students will orally explain the water cycle using sequence words such as first, next, and finally

Answer

Language objectives target how students use language (here, oral sequencing) to engage with content.

Question 4

Which feature belongs to the Lesson Preparation component of the SIOP Model?

Accepted Answer

Clearly defined content and language objectives

Answer

SIOP Lesson Preparation includes posting and discussing clearly defined content and language objectives.

Question 5

A spiral curriculum is best described as one in which:

Accepted Answer

Key concepts are revisited repeatedly with increasing complexity

Answer

Bruner's spiral curriculum revisits core ideas at progressively deeper levels.

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