Yvette Ruiz

August 01, 2018

Making Content Comprehensible

1. Lesson Preparation- What techniques can be incorporated into lessons so students can
understand the text?
a. Graphic organizers e. Taped text
b. Outlines f. Adapted text
c. Highlighted text g. Jigsaw text reading
d. Marginal notes h. Leveled study guides

2. Building Background- What techniques can be used to make sure students understand
vocabulary?
a. Contextualizing key vocabulary f. Cloze sentences
b. Vocabulary self-selection g. Word sorts
c. Personal dictionaries h. Word generation
d. Content word wall i. Visual vocabulary
e. Concept definition map j. Vocabulary through songs

3. Comprehensible Input- What techniques can be used to make sure verbal communication is
understandable?
a. Use graphic organizers and g. Employ hands-on activities that
leveled study guides at least once during a lesson
b. Pre-teach key words h. Use demonstrations of
c. Ensure multiple exposures to techniques
new terminology i. Use activities that apply new
d. Use scaffolding techniques content and language
regularly knowledge
e. Model techniques several times j. Include multimedia and other
f. Use gestures when presenting technology in daily lessons

4. Strategies- What strategies can be used to help students retain new information?
a. Meta-cognitive strategies g. Word splash
b. Cognitive strategies h. Illustrate
c. Social-affective strategies i. Create a poem, chant, song, or
d. Mnemonics play
e. “I wonder” j. Graffiti write
f. GIST summarizing strategy

5. Interaction- What various types of interactions assist in learning new content?

a. Whole class g. Ability heterogeneous grouping
b. Flexible small groups h. Language proficiency
c. Partnering homogenous grouping
d. Gender homogenous grouping i. Language proficiency
e. Gender heterogeneous heterogeneous grouping
grouping j. Language background
f. Ability homogenous grouping homogenous grouping

LD RDNG 30-32
 Yvette Ruiz
August 01, 2018
Making Content Comprehensible

6. Practice and Application- What are some techniques that allow students to practice and apply
new concepts?
a. Writing a diary format through f. Clustering
a character g. Making and using graphic
b. Creating a semantic map organizers
c. Writing test questions for h. Solving problems in cooperative
another student groups
d. Teaching concepts to another i. Engaging in discussion circles
student j. Partnering students in a project
e. Making and playing a game for before independent work
content review

7. Lesson Delivery- What are four aspects that need to be planned out to assure that lesson
delivery is comprehensible?
a. Content objectives c. Students engaged
b. Language objectives d. Pacing

8. Review and Assessment- What review and assessment strategies assure that learning has taken
place?
a. Analogy g. Periodic review
b. Paraphrasing h. Structured review
c. Systemic study i. Link review to content
d. Word study books objectives
e. “School talk” sessions j. Final review
f. Informal summarizing review

LD RDNG 30-32