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Dr. Melanie Hundley Vanderbilt University Academic Language edTPA Implementation Conference New York October 16, 2013
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Dr. Me lan ie Hund ley Vanderb i l t Un ive r s i t y

Academic Language

edTPA Implementation

Conference New York

October 16 , 2013

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Agenda Define academic language

Examine academic language in the edTPA

Discuss ways to support the candidates

November 8 Workshop Specific Examples of Ways to Support

Academic Language Introduction

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School is where you go to learn a secret language but they don’t tell you that it’s there. You have to figure it out on your own. It’s like an initiation to a secret club. Maya, 8th grade.

Secret Language

Student Voices

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Language is the primary

vehicle for learning, instruction, and overall intellectual development. It is not only a means for communicating information, it is also a vehicle for deepening their understanding of important ideas. Kersaint, Thomspon, & Petkova, 2009, p. 46.)

Language of School

Research Voices

Kersaint, G., Thompson, D. R., & Petkova, M. (2009). Teaching mathematics to English language learners. New York: Rutledge.

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It ain’t that I don’t know

nothin’, it’s that I can’t say it right. Mitch, 7th grade

So the test question asked for my hypothesis about the character’s behavior and I got confused cause I hadn’t done no experiment. Emmet, 10th grade

Secret Language

Student Voices

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Academic Language Definition

the language of the discipline that students need to learn and use to participate and engage in meaningful ways in the content area

the oral, visual and written language used for academic purposes the means by which students develop and express content understandings.

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Academic Language Challenge

The more experience we get with our content area, the more expert we become; the harder it is to “see” academic language. blind spot familiarity

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Academic Language Challenge

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Zwiers’ describes academic language as “the set of words, grammar, and organizational strategies used to describe complex ideas, higher-order thinking processes, and abstract concepts” (p. 20).

Research Voices

Terms L inguist ic Processes Pat terns

Set of words Grammar Organizational Strategies

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Definition

Academic language is the oral, visual, and written language that students need in order to understand (read, listen, think) communicate (listen, speak, write,

connect) perform (think, read, write, listen, speak,

create)

Academic Language is necessary to participate in the content think question talk learn

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I eventually figured it all out but, for a while there, all these words and terms and names that I didn’t understand were flying around. I felt pretty clueless. Amy, professional year

Pedagogy. Curriculum. Unpack. Reflect. I was pretty lost in my first education classes. I needed the secret decoder ring or something. Sam, professional year

Pre-Service Teachers

Student Voices

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Academic Language Common Core State Standards

Academic Language Language of the discipline Argumentation in the discipline

Emphasis on texts & writing across content areas Developmental vocabulary of discipline tools trajectory

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Argument Discipline

Everyday Life

Use of evidence makes stronger

argument

Use reason but source can be

different

Both social endeavors

Application beyond those engaged in argument

Evidence required, intentional

Specific citation

Systematic inquiry

Goal to find “truth”

official

Factual, professional

Opinion is okay

Hearsay can be evidence

Personal experience

They just happen

Can be superficial

Goal to be right

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Support for Language Tasks

Language use in classroom Intentional Purpose

Access Vocabulary Command Terms Instructional Language Testing language

Scaffolds/Tools Structures for making meaning

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Academic Language—edTPA

Pre-Service Teachers are asked to: Select one key language function essential for

students to learn within the central focus.

Identify a key learning task from plans that provide students opportunities to practice using the language function. Language Demands (consider language function &

task) describe the language demands (written or oral) students need to understand and/or use. Vocabulary Syntax Discourse

Language Supports: Describe instructional supports

that will help students understand and use language function & additional language demands. Assessments: What formal and informal assessments

will provide evidence of students’ understanding and fluency?

TPA Glossary: Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity

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A set of 3–5 lessons coherent set of lessons

build on each other

toward a central focus

clearly defined beginning and end

Learning Segment

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Central Focus

A description of the important understandings and core concepts that you want students to develop within the learning segment.

The central focus should go beyond a list of facts and skills, align with content standards and learning objectives, and address the subject-specific components in the learning segment.

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Includes: activities

discussions other modes of participation that engage students to develop, practice, and apply skills and knowledge

Learning tasks for segment

related to a specific learning goal

connected to language function for learning segment

Learning Task

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Language Functions content and focus of the learning task

represented by action verb within the learning outcome

(describing, comparing, summarizing, etc.)

Social Studies Math Science

Academic Language Functions

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Language Function or Purpose

Language used for specific purposes Inform Identify information Report information Describe information

Solve problems Define problem Represent problem Determine solution

J.M. (1994). The CALLA Handbook: Implementing the Cognitive Language Learning Approach. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley.

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Language Function or Purpose

Language used for specific purposes Compare/Contrast Describe similarities and/or differences

Order Sequence objects, ideas, or events Describe timeline or cycle

Classify Group objects or ideas according to their

characteristics Describe organizing principles

J.M. (1994). The CALLA Handbook: Implementing the Cognitive Language Learning Approach. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley.

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Language Function or Purpose

Language used for specific purposes Analyze Separate whole into parts Identify relationships and patterns Describe features or main idea

Infer Generate hypotheses to suggest cause or

outcomes Predict implications

Justify & Persuade Give reasons for an action, decision, point of

view Give evidence why Convince

J.M. (1994). The CALLA Handbook: Implementing the Cognitive Language Learning Approach. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley.

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J.M. (1994). The CALLA Handbook: Implementing the Cognitive Language Learning Approach. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley.

Language Function or Purpose

Language used for specific purposes Synthesize Summarize information cohesively Combine or integrate ideas to form a new

whole

Evaluate Identify criteria Explain priorities Assess and verify the worth of an object, idea

or decision

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“What I realized as I worked with my content was that I really had to show my students how to organize the stuff they were learning. ” (Scott, 2011)

Social Studies Language Arts Science

Set of words Grammar Organizat ional St rategies

Academic Language

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Academic Language—edTPA

Pre-Service Teachers are asked to: Select one key language function essential for

students to learn within the central focus.

Identify a key learning task from plans that provide students opportunities to practice using the language function. Language Demands (consider language function &

task) describe the language demands (written or oral) students need to understand and/or use. Vocabulary Syntax Discourse

Language Supports: Describe instructional supports

that will help students understand and use language function & additional language demands. Assessments: What formal and informal assessments

will provide evidence of students’ understanding and fluency?

TPA Glossary: Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity

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Opportunities to Practice

Language Function Lesson (learning segment) Learning Task Opportunity to practice using the language function

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Language Demands

Specific ways that academic language is used by students to participate in learning tasks

reading writing listening and/or speaking demonstrate/perform

Specific ways that academic language is used by students to

demonstrate their disciplinary understanding. What do they know? What can they do? What can they use language to demonstrate?

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Language Demands

There are language demands that teachers need to consider as they plan to support student learning of content, which include: Vocabulary Language Functions Syntax Discourse

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I was wrong. I thought that y’all were just over-emphasizing something that students really just knew if they just paid attention. So, I assigned a writing prompt and the students wrote almost nothing. It was like they didn’t understand what I was asking them to do. (Ben, 2010)

What my students needed to be successful

Student Voices

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Discuss Steve and Frankenstein.

Writing Prompt

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They are books. Monster is about a boy. Frankenstein is about

a monster. We read them in school.

Student Work

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I revised the prompt thinking that just doing that would solve the problems. I was careful about the verbs I chose to replace discuss. I wanted to be more specific about what they were actually going to do in the writing.(Ben, 2010)

What my students needed to be successful

Student Voices

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Discuss Steve and Frankenstein. Compare and contrast Steve in Monster and

the monster in Frankenstein.

Writing Prompt

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The response was better. The students kind of knew what to do but there was still something missing. So, this time I used several scaffolds to help the students. A Venn Diagram. Sentence frames. Sentence Combining. (Ben, 2010)

What my students needed to be successful

Student Voices

Venn Diagram Sentences

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Steve in Monster got no future in the world he in. He broke the law got caught in a store spent jail and on trial. His future done gone away tho he ant convcicted. It don’t matter that he might notta done it. He got nothin now jail done shaped him. He cant escape his maybe action. Like the monster in Frankenstein he got no choice in what people do. Both Steve and the momster shaped by they society.

Student Work

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Steve, the main character in Walter Dean Myer’s novel Monster, was not convicted of the crime he was accused of but he still has no future because of the appearance of being a convict. He is in a world that judges young men by the color of they skin. News stories about them. It will not matter to society that he was not convicted; he will always be a monster because of who he is. As a young, black man who has been in jail and on trial. He will be judged as monstrous because of how society will see him. He will always have the stigma of both trial and jail and won’t be able to escape that. Similarly, the monster in Frankenstein will always be judged by his outward appearance. He looks scary and people don’t know what to expect from him. Both Steve and the monster are products of their society and are judged and condemned by their society. It doesn’t matter that they may be innocent; they have the appearance of being monsters by society’s standards. Neither one of them will be able to escape the views of society.

Revision

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“When we teach a subject, or any topic or text within that subject, we must teach the academic vocabulary for dealing with it—not just the words, but also the linguistic processes and patterns for delving deeply into and operating upon that content” (Wilhelm, p. 44).

Research Voices

Terms L inguist ic Processes Pat terns

Terms Linguist ic Processes Patterns

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Ideas & Structures in Science

Although hydrogen is explosive and oxygen supports combustion, a compound of them puts out fires.

Unless hydrogen and oxygen form a compound, they are explosive.

If hydrogen and oxygen form a compound, they lose their original properties of being explosive and supporting combustion.

Tyre, P. (2012). The writing revolution. The Atlantic.

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Academic Language in edTPAs

Academic language development is making the language of the school, content, and classroom explicit to expand students’ control over language and improve their language choices according to the purpose (FUNCTION) and audience for the message.

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Example

• A group of students measured the circumference of an exercise ball. Here are their measurements in inches:

• 42, 46, 45, 47, 43, 46, 46

• Find the median, mode, and mean and enter your answers below. Show your work:

The median is _____. The mode is _____. The mean is _____.

42, 43, 45, 46, 46, 46, 47

46 46

45

42 46 45 47 43 46 46

315

315 7

45

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Example

Tom forgot to put his measurement on the list. When the students added Tom’s measurement to the list the mean and median decreased, but the mode stayed the same. Which value is most likely to be Tom’s measurement? Circle your choice: a. 43 b. 45 c. 46 d. 47

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Academic Language Functions

Explain why you chose this measurement.

The answer can’t be 47 or 46 because the mean and the median decreased, so Tom’s measurement had to be less than those. Also, it can’t be 45, because the mean would have stayed the same. It had to be 43.

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Academic Language—edTPA

Pre-Service Teachers are asked to: Select one key language function essential for

students to learn within the central focus.

Identify a key learning task from plans that provide students opportunities to practice using the language function. Language Demands (consider language function &

task) describe the language demands (written or oral) students need to understand and/or use. Vocabulary Syntax Discourse

Language Supports: Describe instructional supports

that will help students understand and use language function & additional language demands. Assessments: What formal and informal assessments

will provide evidence of students’ understanding and fluency?

TPA Glossary: Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity

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Vocabulary

includes words and phrases (and symbols) that are used within disciplines including: words and phrases with subject specific meanings that differ from

meanings used in everyday life (e.g., table, ruler, force, balance); general academic vocabulary used across disciplines (e.g., compare,

analyze, evaluate); and subject-specific words defined for use in the discipline.

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Example

Annotate In English—you add notes and/or

comments to a text, usually explaining something or going deeper into the specific meaning, make connections, identify and/or explore key literary elements

In Science—add brief notes to a

diagram or graph

46

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Syntax

Set of conventions for organizing symbols, words and phrases together into structures (e.g., sentences, graphs, tables)

Examples from mathematics:

Cathy Zozakiewicz Cathy Zozakiewicz Cathy Zozakiewicz Cathy Zozakiewicz

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Syntax

Grammar consists of set rules regarding language and sentence structure, such as no splitting infinitives and no hanging prepositions.

Syntax, in reference to sentences, is how a sentence is

worded and structured and in ways that can create, extend, or change meaning. types of sentence (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory,

imperative) and word order (passive vs. active voice), length of sentences (short vs. long).

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Discourse

Discourse Structures of written and oral language How members of the discipline talk, write, and participate in

knowledge construction Discipline-specific Distinctive about features/way of structuring language (text structures)

English, Glossary Math, Glossary Social Studies, Glossary

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Discourse

Common Core Text Types Argument Expository Informational Narrative

Writing requires something to say, the words to say it, and the structure with which to write it (McCracken & McCracken, 1986).

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edTPA

Planning Commentary (4a-d) Teacher candidates must identify a language

function essential to the central focus. English Example Math Example Science Example Social Studies Example

Identify a key learning task that provides students with opportunities to practice using the language function

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edTPA

Planning Commentary (4a-d) Additional language demands Given the language function & identified task,

identify associated language demands Vocabulary Syntax Discourse

Language Supports Instructional supports that will help students

UNDERSTAND and USE language function & identified language

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There was a point in my planning that I realized that attending to academic language was really just good teaching. (Ellie, 2011)

Student Voices

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Task 1, Planning 4. Supporting English-Language Arts Development Through

Language a. Language Demand: Language Function. Identify one language

function essential for students within your central focus. Listed below are some sample language functions. You may choose one of these or another more appropriate one for your learning segment.

Academic Language in Commentaries

Analyze Argue Describe Evaluate

Explain Interpret Justify Synthesize

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The academic language for this learning segment is related to using and understanding informational texts. Students have read many forms of narrative texts before, but are uncomfortable with other kinds of texts. On the whole, students do not understand how text features are used, especially in informational texts, and this affects their performance in content area classes. Many students are also unaware of less commonly used text features, like white space and pronunciations in parentheses. Therefore, this learning segment will focus on defining and using these terms.

Candidate 1

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The language demand for this segment is the interpretation of poetry using textual evidence. Students will identify their interpretation of the theme of a poem, and then support their analysis using evidence from the text and knowledge of poetic devices. Students have prior knowledge in analysis and interpretation of texts, but we have not yet worked with poetry or poetic devices in class. During previous whole group discussion, students were able to define and explain their knowledge of the terms annotate, interpret, and analyze. Some students can easily identify theme and can recognize the use of literary devices, but many students are still learning this skill. Though all of my students can use supporting details, some still struggle with using conventions and textual evidence correctly.

Candidate 2

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Academic Language in Commentaries

b. Identify a key learning task from your plans that provides students with opportunities to practice using the language function identified above. In which lesson does the learning task occur? (Give lesson/day/number.)

c. Additional Language Demands. Given the language function and task identified above, describe the following associated language demands (written or oral) student need to know and/or use:

Vocabulary Plus at least one of the following: Syntax Discourse

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In this learning segment, students will be learning about different text features that are often used in informational texts. The academic language includes white space, pictures, bullets, headings, sub-headings, captions, sidebars, maps, drawings, and graphs. Students will also need to learn vocabulary words such as reform and intuition, which are present in the news and magazine articles that they will be reading in this unit. Students will be exposed to the academic language in a practical and engaging manner, filled with multiple opportunities to apply the new academic language across various genres of informational texts.

Candidate 1

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The key language demand in this particular learning segment is providing a written interpretation of a poem’s theme using textual evidence and knowledge of literary devices to support their analysis. This is a language demand that combines many complex skills. Students will be scaffolded through graphic organizers, modeling, peer support, and teacher conferencing in order to internalize this demand. Ultimately, students will create an argumentative essay about a poem of their choice where they explain the theme and then use evidence to back up their claims. The demand is integral to the central focus of analyzing poems for theme and the use of literary devices. Students need to be able to support their opinions and interpretations with textual evidence. This demand is appropriate for the students’ language development because it builds on their knowledge of supporting claims using textual evidence (with other types of texts) and it helps to prepare them for future classes, standardized tests, and their future outside of school

Candidate 2

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Students will also need to know the terms symbolism, metaphor, simile, imagery, blank verse, personification, and rhyme and rhythm in order to be able to support their interpretations of a poem’s theme. This learning segment also requires that students be able to communicate their ideas to their peers and clearly explain their claims with supporting evidence. Students will also need to be able to select key evidence from the poems and must know how to write a reflective essay on poetry.

Candidate 2 cont’d

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Academic Language in Commentaries

d. Language Supports. Refer to your lesson plans and instructional materials as needed in your responses to the prompt. Describe the instructional supports (during and prior to the learning

task) that help students understand and successfully use the language function and additional language identified in prompts 4a-c.

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In this learning segment, students will be supported in their use of informational text features in all of the lessons. At the beginning of each lesson, students will see the academic language in their Daily Do Nows. Students will see the new vocabulary words in a sentence and must come up with their own definitions. In all of the worksheets and graphic organizers that students will be using, key terms will be bolded. There will also be numerous opportunities for students to discuss the terms in class.

Candidate 1

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Throughout this learning segment, students will also be exposed to new vocabulary words in the poetry that we will read. In previous units, students have used multiple strategies, including context clues and knowledge of word parts to break down words to determine their meaning. Students each have a list of strategies to use when they encounter unknown words in their binders for the class. They will continue to use this list for support during this unit, as well as other supports under the academic language section. I have two ELL students who have fairly strong academic language skills, but sometimes struggle with making sense of new vocabulary words. I plan on pairing them with other students in the class and providing guided notes to support their learning.

Candidate 2

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I am using numerous instructional supports that will help students in meeting the language demand and learning about the various poetic terms and devices that they will need. I will use think-alouds and other forms of modeling when I introduce the interpretive essay. I wrote an example of an analysis essay based on a poem that we have previously covered in class, and I plan on going through the essay with students, and asking them to annotate my argument and the ways in which I am using textual evidence and the poetic devices. After modeling the think-aloud protocol, I will ask students to give their own examples from the poem and to brainstorm their own themes using textual evidence. Students will then discuss their responses in small groups.

Candidate 2 cont’d

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I am also introducing a limited number of terms each day so that students have the opportunity to practice using academic language in pairs, table groups, and full-class discussions…I am also planning on using graphic organizers that have examples of terms, different ways in which they are used in various texts. Students will complete these organizers in small groups so that they have the opportunity to discuss the terms and language with each other. To support my ELL students and other students struggling with academic language, I will cover strategies multiple times. This will allow students multiple opportunities to practice using the language and to get feedback. I also plan on meeting with students individually to discuss their progress on the interpretive essay and to give feedback. The use of direct instruction, conferencing, graphic organizers, and peer support will all support students in using the targeted language.

Candidate 2 cont’d

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Examples Academic Language in Planning

Workshop

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edTPA Variations in Academic Language

Some content areas address academic language differently. Early Childhood: vocabulary (as developmentally appropriate

sounds, words, sentences, etc.) World Language (does not address academic language) Math: added “precise language” (CCSS) Special Education: Academic Language Communication

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http://mpweb2.ncte.org/Pathways/BFfootage/LIL/Bonine1.html Example of science teacher

Example Clip

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Working with Lesson Plans

Standards Goals Objectives Assessment Language Demand

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What are the key words and phrases my students will need to understand, read and use in my lesson? (For TPA, learning segment.) Which of these words/phrases will be new to my students?

Which of these words/phrases have different meanings in other contexts? Which might be confusing for students? Is there a non-jargon, student-friendly way to explain this to students?

Engl ish/Language Art s Terms & Phrases

Teacher Candidate Rephrase

Handout

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How (i.e., for what purpose) will students be using language in the lesson? What key words/phrases will

students need to understand in order to follow the directions in the lesson? What key words/phrases will

students need to understand in order to work with texts in the lesson? What key words/phrases will

students need to understand in order to talk about the texts? write about the texts? create similar texts?

Terms Phrases Us ing Language

Teacher Candidate Rephrase

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What are the key mathematical words and phrases my students will need to understand and use in my learning segment? Which of these words/phrases will be new to my students? Which of these words/phrases have different meanings in informal/non-mathematical conversations? What are “kid-friendly” ways of describing each of these?

Mathematica l Vocabulary & Representat ions

Math Example (Emily)

Handout

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Which new mathematical representations (including notation) will students need to learn to “read” and use in my learning segment? What “non-mathematical”

words or phrases will my students need to understand in order to make sense of the task scenarios in my learning segment?

Mathematica l Vocabulary & Representat ions

Math Example (Emily)

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How (i.e., for what purpose) will students be using language in your learning segment? Which key words/phrases will my

students need to understand in order to follow directions during this learning segment, and which of these will be new to my students? Write some sentences (to develop into

sentence frames) that capture how you expect students to be using academic language to achieve a particular purpose during the learning segment. What are “kid-friendly” ways of

describing each of these?

Genre ( i .e . , Purpose) and L inguist ic Features

Math Example (Emily)

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Resource Slides

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Language Functions—English

Language Functions: The function is the purpose the language is intended to achieve in the learning task.

Functions are associated with verbs found in learning outcome statements.

Common language functions in the language arts include: reading/listening for main ideas and details; analyzing and interpreting characters and plots; writing narrative, informational, or poetic text; using presentation skills to present a play, a speech,

or do a dramatic reading; evaluating and interpreting an author’s purpose,

message, and use of language choice, setting, mood, tone, and other literary strategies; comparing ideas within and between texts, making sense of unfamiliar vocabulary through

pictures, word parts, and contextual clues.

TPA Glossary: Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity

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Language Functions—Math

Language Functions: The function is the purpose the language is intended to achieve in the learning task.

Functions are associated with verbs found in learning outcome statements.

Common language functions in mathematics include describing mathematical phenomena, predicting from models and data, comparing based on common attributes, summarizing mathematical information, justifying conclusions, evaluating data and mathematical representations, classifying based on attributes, explaining phenomena and processes, drawing conclusions based on data, representing mathematical information and

mathematical models, etc.

TPA Glossary: Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity

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Language Functions—Science

Language Functions: The function is the purpose the language is intended to achieve in the learning task.

Functions are associated with verbs found in learning outcome statements.

Common language functions in science include reading investigative procedures, diagrams, figures,

tables, graphs, and dense authoritative text; writing or presenting causal explanations; modeling

scientific phenomena; predicting from models and data from scientific

inquiries; comparing based on common attributes,

summarizing scientific data from inquiries; justifying conclusions with scientific evidence; evaluating data and investigative procedures; classifying based on attributes; describing processes and procedures; drawing conclusions based on investigative results,

etc.

TPA Glossary: Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity

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Language Functions—Social Studies

Language Functions: The function is the purpose the language is intended to achieve in the learning task.

Functions are associated with verbs found in learning outcome statements.

Common language functions in history-social studies include reading/listening for main ideas and details in

narrative, expository, and persuasive text; reading/interpreting maps, graphs, and data tables; evaluating and interpreting an

author/presenter/historian’s purpose and message; corroborating an author’s claims; examining evidence an author/presenter/historian

uses to support claims; analyzing arguments in favor of a perspective;

writing/presenting persuasive arguments; analyzing and/or describing causes of historical,

economic, geographic, and political events; supporting written or spoken claims with evidence

and warrants; etc. TPA Glossary: Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity

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Readings

Brown, D. W. (2009). In other words: Lessons on grammar, code-switching, and academic writ ing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Burke, J . (2004). Learning the language of academic s tudy. Voices f rom the Middle, 11 :4, 37-42.

Gebhard, M. & Wil lett , J . Social to academic. Journal of Staf f Development, Winter, 2008, 29 (1) , 41-45 .http://www.umass.edu/accela/pdfs/gebhard_Wil lett_JPD.pdf .

Graff, G. , Birkenstein, C. , & Durst R. (2012, 2nd edit ion). They Say I Say: Moves that matter in academic writ ing. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

Jennison, N. (2011) . Integrat ing test prep into reading & writ ing workshops. New York: Scholast ic.

Kersaint, G. , Thompson, D. , & Petkova, M. (2009). The nature of mathematics language. In Teaching mathematics to Engl i sh language learners . New York: Routledge. Pp. 46-52.)

Knapp, P. & Watkins , M. (2005/2009). Genre, text, grammar: Technologies for teaching and assess ing writ ing. Sydney, Austral ia: Univers i ty of New South Wales Press .

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Readings

Wilhelm, J. D. (2007). Imagining a new kind of self: Academic language, identity, and content area learning. Voices from the Middle, 15: 1, 44-45.

Zwiers, J. & Crawford, M. (2011). Academic conversations: Classroom talk that fosters crit ical thinking and content understandings. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.

Zwiers, J. & Crawford, M. (2011). Academic conversations: Classroom talk that fosters crit ical thinking and content understandings. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.

Zwiers, J. (2004/2005). The third language of academic English. Educational Leadership, 62: 4, 60-63.

Zwiers, J. (2008). Building academic language:

Essential practices for content classrooms. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

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English Analyze Argue Describe Evaluate Explain Interpret Justify Synthesize

Language Functions

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Social Studies Analyze Compare/Contrast Construct Describe Evaluate Examine Identify Interpret Justify locate

Language Functions

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Math Compare/Contrast Conjecture Describe Explain Prove

Language Functions

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Science Analyze Explain Interpret Justify with Evidence

Language Functions

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Discourse Social Studies

In history/social studies, language features include expository, narrative, journalistic, maps, and other graphic print materials; presentations of data in text, charts, and graphs; and video and live presentations. Discourse structures can be at the sentence, paragraph, or symbolic level. If the function is to develop a document-based argument, then appropriate language features could include written essays with specified formats and pattern sentences like “The two main causes of _____________ were ____________ and ____________. For example, the (author of) (document) stated that _______________” (citation).

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Discourse Mathematics

In mathematics, language structures include symbolic representations such as numbers, equations, two-column proofs (which can be translated into words), graphic representation (which is shorthand language for complex sets of data), and narrative (e.g., to describe or compare). If the language function is to prove, then appropriate language structures include formal two-column proofs as well as informal explanations that begin with a statement of the problem and known information, followed by a series of statements like “And then, I know _______ because _______,” ending with what is to be proved.

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Discourse English-Language Arts

In English-Language Arts, language structures include words, grammar and mechanics, text structures, writing processes, and genres. If the language function is to persuade, then appropriate language structures include claims, supporting evidence, and counterarguments.

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Academic Language Tools

Sentence Frames are tools that can help give students the words and the structures to use as they are initially developing fluency. Since the square root of __ is __, then __ squared must be ___. (Math)

The __ is an important symbol for __ because __. (ELA)

In the experiment, the __ acted on the __ and caused a __ . (Science)

The war was caused by __ , __ , and __ because __ .(Social Studies)


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