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LESSON PREPARATION
Realia
Manipulatives
Props
Photographs
Illustrations or visuals
Demo lesson procedures
Videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs
Adapted, enlarged, taped, or highlighted text
BUILDING BACKGROUND
Realia, Photos, Illustrations
Classroom Charts & Posters
KWL Chart (Dueling Flip Charts)
Insert Method
Anticipation Guide
Pretest with a Partner
Backwards Book Walk
Go to Your Corner
Student Journals/Quickwrite
Concept/Question Board
Signal Words
4-Corners Vocabulary1
Word Sorts
Cognate Study
Surprise Book
Magic Curtain of ______________ (e.g. Science)
Oh Yesterday! (I learned thatÖ we studiedÖ I
discovered thatÖ our classÖ)
Vocabulary Key Rings
Graffiti Write
Question Stems
Advance Organizers
Vocabulary Flip Books
Mnemonic Strategies
Contextualizing Key Vocabulary
Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS)
Personal Dictionaries
Word Wall (Interactive)
Concept Definition Map
Teacher-prepared outlines
Jigsaw activities
Marginal notes
Related literature
Hi-lo readers
Graphic organizers and/or thinking maps
Leveled study guides
Bilingual dictionaries or L1 texts
Cloze Sentences
List-Group-Label (Write)
Word Generation Activities
Word Study Books
Vocabulary Games (Pictionary,
Bananagrams, Apples to Apples, Catch
Phrase)
Self-Assessment of Word Knowledge
Word Bank
Plot Chart
ìShades of Meaningî with paint strip
COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT
Vocabulary Flip Book
Idiom Match-Up
Taped Texts
Framed Outlines
Move It!
Multimedia Resources
Modeling (processes, tasks, assignments)
Preview Material
Visuals
Hands-on Activities
Demonstrations
Gestures & Body Language
Sentence Strips
Repeated Exposure to Words, Concepts, etc.
Concrete, Realistic Models
Graphic Organizers
Storyboarding
Scale Models
Experiments
Carousel/Literature Circles
STRATEGIES
Mnemonic Strategies
Digital Storytelling
SQP2Rs (ìSqueepersî)
GIST (Generating Interactions between
Schemata & Texts)
Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA)
Interactive Reading Guide
Rehearsal Strategies
Comprehension Strategies (Big 5 predicting, self-questioning, monitoring,
determining importance, & summarizing)
Thinking Maps/Webs
Captioning
Graphic Organizers
Reciprocal Teaching
Semantic Feature Analysis
QAR Strategy
Questioning the Author (QTA)
Scaffolded Questions
Question Stems
Canned Questions
Anticipation/Reaction Guides
Magnet Summaries
Think Alouds
Note Taking Strategies (Three-Column,
Cornell Notes, Split Page, etc.)
Insert Method
Stop and Think
You Are the Teacher
Vocabulary Alive
Cognitive Academic Language Learning
Approach (CALLA)
Progressive Maps
T-Chart
Model Thinking: Stop and Think
Value Line
Adapted Venn Diagram
Author’s Chair
INTERACTION
Dialogue Journals
Partner Share about Lesson Objectives
Cooperative Learning Strategies (Kagan)
Expert Stay Stray
Numbered Heads Together (NHT)
Team-Pair-Solo
Circle the Sage
Share in a Square
Partners
Inside-Outside (Concentric) Circles
(Conga Line, Shifting Lines, Wagon
Wheel, River Dance Discussion)
Think-Pair-Share (T-P-S)
3 Step Interview
Round Robin Brainstorming
3 Minute Review
Red Light/Green Light
Pen Pals, Class Email List, Blogs, etc.
Dinner Party (or Tea/Birthday Party for
younger students)
Jigsaw
Role Play, Charades, Pantomime,
Improvisations, Frozen Moment (Tableau)
KWL Charts
Gallery Walk
Milling to Music (adapt to Musical
Flashcards)
You Are There
White Board Group Response
Reader-Writer-Speaker Response Triads
Elaborated response prompts
Is It Complete (sentence frames)
Truth/Fib
Find Your Match/Find Someone Who
I HaveÖ Who HasÖ
Stand Up – Hand Up – Pair Up
Take a Stand
Puppetry
4 Square Vocabulary Activity
Literature Circles (Book Club)
PRACTICE/APPLICATION
Manipulatives and Movement
Hands-On Games
Electronic Games
Foldables & Flip Charts
Character Diaries (or Fake Facebook
profiles)
Models
Physical Timeline
Kinesthetic Activities
Thinking Maps/Graphic Organizers
Debate/Panel Discussion
Discussion
Role Play and Reader’s Theater
Numbered Heads Together (NHT)
Frame Up
Find Someone Who
In the Loop
Bingo
Poetry and Patterns
Plot Chart/Short Story Flow Chart
Vocabulary-Go-Fish
Piece O’Pizza
Letter Writing/Journaling (double entry,
problem-solution, metacognitive, synthesis,
reflective, speculation about effects)
Interviews
Inquiry-based Projects
Debate
Lyrics Writing
Listening Cloze Dictation
Semantic Gradient Scale
LESSON DELIVERY
Think-Pair-Share (T-P-S) or Think-PairSquare-Share (T-P-S-S)
Chunk and Chew
Roam and Review
Podcasts
TV Talk Show
Writing Headlines (Class Summary Tweet)
E-Journals and/or Wiki Entries
Response Cards
Take a Stand/Stand Up-Sit Down
Magic Buttons
Heading into Question
Secret Answer
Take Your Corners
Stop that DVD/Video
Nine Squares
REVIEW and ASSESSMENT
Non-verbal Responses (Thumbs up/down,
Number Wheel, Response Boards)
Student Response Systems (handheld
clickers, Socrative, Poll Everywhere)
Journal Entries
Milling to Music (SIOP for science book)
Red Light/Green Light
Web of Information
Snowball
Pass the Note Card
Graffiti Write
Outcome Sentences
Student-generated Rubrics
Portfolios
Stock Market game
Self-assessment of Objectives
Simultaneous Round Table
Mix and Match
Find Someone Who
Find the Fib
Vocab Journals
Quick Assessment (periodic notes
summaries)
Non-print Review (pictures, songs, etc.)
On the Spot (clipboard cruising)