James Harper Making Content Comprehensible

1. LESSON PREPARATION:
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS, OUTLINES,
HIGHLIGHTES TEXT, MARGINAL NOTES,
TAPED TEXT, ADAPTED TEXT, JIGSAW
TEXT READING, LEVELED STUDY GUIDES
3. COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT:
ADAPT CONTENT TO ELL, HIGHLIGHT
KEY VOCAB, ENSURE MULTIPLE
EXPOSURES, USE SCAFFOLDING
TECHNIQUES, MODEL TECHNIQUE
SEVERAL TIMES, USE GESTURES WHEN
PRESENTING LESSONS, EMPLY HANDS-
ON ACTIVITIES, DEMOSTRATE
TECHNIQUES, USE ACTIVITIES THAT
APPLY NEW LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
2. BULDING BACKGROUND:
CONEXTUALIZING KEY VOCABULARY,
VOCAB SELF-SELECTION, PERSONAL
DICTIONARIES, CONTENT WORD WALL,
CONCEPT DEFINITION MAP, CLOZE
SENTENCES, WORD SORTS, WORD
GENERATION, VISUAL VOCAB, VOCAB
THROUGH SONGS
4. STRATEGIES:
MNEMONICS ACRONYMS, I
WONDER, GIST-SUMMARIZE, WORD
SPLASH, ILUSTRATE NEW LEARNING ON
POSTER, CREATE POEM, GRAFFITIE
WRITE, THINK ALOUD, GRAPHIC
ORGANIZER

5. INTERACTION:
WHOLE CLASS, FLEXIBLE SMALL GROUPS, 6. PRACTICE & APPLICATION:
HOMOGENEUS/HETEROGENUES
APPLY ABSTRACT CONCEPTS, DISCUSS TO
GROUPS, JIGSAW, NUMBERED HEADS
MAKE CONRETE, SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
TOGETHER, FOUR CORNERS,
INCREASES LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT,
ROUNDTABLE, 3-STEP INTERVIEW,
SEMANTIC MAPS, WRITING TEST
WRITING HEADLINES
QUESTIONS TO ASK ANOTHER STUDENT

7. LESSON DELIVERY:
CONENT OBJECTIVES, LANGUAGE
OBJECTIVES, STUDENTS ENGAGED,
PACING
8. REVIEW & ASSESSMENT:
ANALOGY, PARAPHRASING, SYSTEMATIC
STUDY, WORK STUDY BOOKS, SCHOOL
TALK, INFORMAL, STRUCTURED, LINK,
FINAL REVIEW, FEEDBACK