Assignment 4 – Signature Assignment
(a) SIOP Lesson: Develop a SIOP lesson plan appropriate to the community where they teach in a content area of their choice. Each component must be addressed with detailed information.
(b) Lesson Implementation: Teach the lesson to English language learners in an actual classroom setting or to an individual English language learner i.e. home, neighbor, etc.. Describe the learner and the setting where the lesson was taught in your essay.
(c) Reflection/Evaluation: Students will 1) Rate this lesson delivery using a rating scale of 1-4 to evaluate Preparation, Building Background, Comprehensible Input, Clear Explanation of Academic Tasks, Strategies, Interaction, Practice/Application, Effectiveness of Lesson Delivery, and Student Engagement; 2) Reflect/Discuss your ratings in the “Comment Box” on the Checklist.
(d) Respond to the following questions for the final piece of this signature assignment in an essay format.
What did your students learn from this lesson?
How do you know they learned this? How is this student learning reflective of the language standards for this lesson?
What did not work well for student learning?
What would you change to improve the lesson so it better supports EL students’ language objectives?
Explain how all four language skills were used in this lesson.
