Content Lesson Planning Framework
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This document presents the GO TO Strategies framework for scaffolding content lessons for English language learners (ELLs) in grades K-12. The framework provides strategies for each phase of instruction: Exploration, Concept Development, Application, and Assessment. For each phase, strategies are categorized by the instructional approach they employ: Interpersonal Strategies (IS), Representational Strategies (RS), Supportive Learning Strategies (SLS), Verbal/Linguistic Strategies (VTS), or Writing Strategies (WS). Teachers can use this framework to select appropriate strategies to integrate into content lessons at different points, in order to make the lessons more accessible to ELLs.
Content Lesson Planning Framework
- 1. Levine, L.N., Lukens, L., & Smallwood, B.A. (2015). The GO TO Strategies: A Planning Framework for Scaffolding Content Lessons with a Focus on Integrating Strategies for ELLs, K-‐12. Workshop for TESOL International Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (March, 2015). The GO TO Strategies: A Planning Framework for Scaffolding Content Lessons by Incorporating Strategies for ELLs, K-‐12 Starting Instruction – Exploration Phase • Activate prior knowledge, learning, or understanding o Stir the Class (IS) o Roving Charts (IS) o K-‐W-‐L (TS) • Engage in concrete exploration or observation o Graphic Organizer (TS) o Four Corners (IS) • Pre-‐reading activities o Anticipation Guides (RS) o Language Experience Approach (RS) o Teach the Text Backwards (RS) Building Instruction – Concept Development • Teach academic and technical vocabulary o Closed Sort Tasks (VTS) o Cognates (VTS) o Key Sentence Frames (VTS) • Students interact orally with others to develop concepts o 10 – 2 (IS) o Numbered Heads Together (IS) o Round the Clock Learning Partners (IS) • Engage in close reading o Guided Reading (RS) o Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) (RS) o Reciprocal Teaching (RS) • Assemble or organize data o Concept/Idea Maps (SLS) o Structured Note-‐taking (SLS) o T Charts (SLS) Building Instruction – Application • Students continue to work concretely using new vocabulary • Dialogue Journals (WS) • Content Learning Logs (WS) • Reader’s Theatre (TS) • Students use concepts in a new or more complex way o Text to Graphics and Back Again (WS) • Report and write o Collaborative Dialogues (TS) o Report Frames (WS) Concluding Instruction – Assessment • Rubrics (TS) • Comprehension Checking (TS) • Collaborative Dialogues (TS). • Snowball (IS)
- 2. Levine, L.N., Lukens, L., & Smallwood, B.A. (2015). The GO TO Strategies: A Planning Framework for Scaffolding Content Lessons with a Focus on Integrating Strategies for ELLs, K-‐12. Workshop for TESOL International Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (March, 2015).