Please Sit With Others in Your Content Area

Demystifying the
Language Objective
Its not as difficult as you thought!

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Part of the EL-Specific SLC In-Service Series created by R. Canales, TItle III Coach, Fairfax HS

Objectives for this In-Service

Participants will

Fully understand the purpose of having a Language Objective.

Fully understand how a Language Objective can help guide
instruction for ELs and other subgroups.
Be able to differentiate between effective and noneffective Language
Objectives.
Be able to write effective and comprehensive Language Objectives
for their specific content area.

Sample Language Objective for this PD

Teachers at Fairfax High School will be able
to EXPLAIN how to effectively write
Language Objectives for their specific
content area using content objectives and
ELD Standards while in content area
groups.

What is the purpose of a Language Objective,

and why do I need to have one?
Under CCSS, all content
teachers are also Language
Teachers.
If you teach a subject other
than ELD to English
Learners, then you teach
Integrated ELD.

What is the purpose of a Language Objective,

and why do I need to have one?
A Language Objective helps you determine
what embedded (integrated) language your
students will acquire/practice in your lesson.

What is the purpose of a Language Objective,

and why do I need to have one?
Its part of the Teaching and
Learning Framework!
(See pp. 20, 21)

Fairfax by the Numbers

EO

EL

IFEP

RFEP

FHS

641

157

315

877

1990

Data provided by Dr. Grant

Students who speak a language other than

English at home

Objectives Guide Instruction

Sample Common Core Standard:
Mathematics I Standards (Integrated)
HSA-REI.B.3

Solve linear equations and inequalities in

one variable, including equations with
coefficients represented by letters.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Learning Objectives provide the What and How of
our lesson/unit to keep our planning focussed.

Students will be able to solve linear

equations and inequalities in one variable,
including equations with coefficients
represented by letters.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Content Objective

CCSS Standard
Students will be able to...
Content Objective

Objectives Guide Instruction

Please take 2 min. to write a content objective for a
current or upcoming lesson.

Remember to
use your CCSS
Standards.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Language Objective

Content Objective and ELD Standards

form, function/language, and activity

Language Objective

Objectives Guide Instruction

Sample Language Objective

Students will be able to EXPLAIN how they

solved linear equations and inequalities in
one variable, including equations with
coefficients represented by letters using
transitional phrases during a Think, Ink,
Pair, Share activity.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Lets look at its structure Function

Students will be able to explain how they

solved linear equations and inequalities in
one variable,
with
Form including equations
Activity
coefficients represented by letters using
transitional phrases during a Think, Ink,
Pair, Share activity.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Language Objective

Content Objective and ELD Standards

function, language practiced, and activity

Language Objective

Objectives Guide Instruction

Please take 2 min. to identify a FUNCTION for your
CONTENT OBJECTIVE.

Remember to
use your Blooms
Taxonomy
Handout.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Sample Next Generation Science Standard:
Earths Systems
HS-ESS2-6

Gradual atmospheric changes were due to

plants and other organisms that captured
carbon dioxide and released oxygen.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Content Objective

NGSS Standard
Students will be able to...
Content Objective

Objectives Guide Instruction

Learning Objectives provide the What and How of
our lesson/unit to keep our planning focussed.

Students will know that gradual atmospheric

changes were due to plants and other
organisms that captured carbon dioxide and
released oxygen.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Sample Language Objective 2

Students will be able to orally summarize

how gradual atmospheric changes were due
to plants and other organisms that captured
carbon dioxide and released oxygen using
new vocabulary during a small group
share-out activity.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Sample Language Objective 2

Function

Students will be able to orally summarize

how gradual atmospheric changes were due
to plants
and other organisms
that captured
Form
Activity
carbon dioxide and released oxygen using
new vocabulary during a small group
share-out activity.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Language Objective

Content Objective and ELD Standards

function, language practiced, and activity

Language Objective

Objectives Guide Instruction

Please take 2 min. to identify a FORM for your
LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE.

Remember to
use your ELD
Standards
Handout.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Sample History/Social Science Content Standard:
10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the postWorld
War II world.

Compare the economic and military power shifts

caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the
development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over
Eastern European nations, and the economic
recoveries of Germany and Japan.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Content Objective

History/Social Sci. Standard

Students will be able to...
Content Objective

Objectives Guide Instruction

Learning Objectives provide the What and How of
our lesson/unit to keep our planning focussed.
Students will be able to compare the economic and
military power shifts caused by the war, including the
Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons,
Soviet control over Eastern European nations, and the
economic recoveries of Germany and Japan.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Sample Language Objective 2
Students will be able to discuss the differences and
similarities of the economic and military power shifts
caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the
development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over
Eastern European nations, and the economic
recoveries of Germany and Japan using
transitional/contrast words in their Response
Journals.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Sample Language Objective 2Function
Students will be able to discuss the differences and
similarities of the economic and military power shifts
caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the
development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over
Form nations, and the economic
Activity
Eastern European
recoveries of Germany and Japan using
transitional/contrast words in their Response
Journals.

Objectives Guide Instruction

Language Objective

Content Objective and ELD Standards

function, language practiced, and activity

Language Objective

Objectives Guide Instruction

Please take 2 min. to identify the activity students
will engage in.

Remember, this
should be either
written or
spoken output.

Language Objectives Share-Out

What makes a good Language Objective?

Sample Language
Objective
Function
Students will write a
compare Form
and contrast
paragraph, usingActivity
transitional phrases
after completing a Venn
Diagram with a partner.

Non-Sample Language
Objective
Students will compare and
Beusing
SPECIFIC
and
contrast,
compare
TARGETED
in
and contrast
vocabulary
your planning!
after completing
a graphic
organizer.

Sample Language Objective for this PD

Function

Teachers at Fairfax High School will be able

to orally EXPLAIN how to effectively
write
Form
Language Objectives for their
specific
Activity
content area using content objectives and
ELD Standards while in content area
groups.

Elbow Partner Share-Out

1. Partner up.
2. Partner A takes one minute
to explain how to write a
Language Objective.
3. Switch roles.
4. Partners thank each other and
find another partner.
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3.

Part of the EL-Specific SLC In-Service Series created by R. Canales, TItle III Coach, Fairfax HS