Component 7: Lesson Delivery

Chapter 8: Lesson Delivery pages 152 - 185.

Features 23 and 24: Content and Language Objectives Clearly Supported by Lesson Delivery
Feature 25: Student Engaged Approximately 90% to 100% of the Time.
Feature 26: Pacing of the Lesson Appropriate for Students’ Ability Levels

Before reading:  Predictions
➢    How do you know when you know you need to change the pace of your lessons, either to make it faster or slower?

➢    What techniques and strategies have you developed to keep students engaged throughout the lesson?

➢    When and how do you reflect on your lessons to make them better?

➢    What have you learned from your experience with writing SIOP lesson plans this year?


After reading, discuss the following questions:
➢    How do you support the language and content objectives throughout your lessons? How many times during a lesson do you refer to the objectives posted in the front of your class? DO students refer to them on their own?

➢    Why is it important to write out the objectives in student friendly language?

➢    On page 154, the text says “We caution against any inclination to list the state standard in an abbreviated form, like CA history 5.2.3, as an objective”?

➢    What percentage of time do you think students are engaged in learning in your class? What activities work the best for student engagement? Share your ideas with other teachers.

➢    List 3 things Ms. Chen did to support the content objectives in her lesson? Pages 157-158. Which of these things do you do? What techniques can you add to your teaching practice that will help students learn the content goal?

➢    What makes this component so important to include in your teaching practice?