- Background
- Content Area: Digital Literacy
- Title: Digital Literacy and English Language Learners: A growing vocabulary
- Grade Level or Target Group: 9-12 grades
- Pre Planning
- Big Idea(s):
- All students need an understanding of the academic and content specific vocabulary associated with digital literacy.
- ELL Students must learn everyday vocabulary.
- Academic vocabulary and content-specific vocabulary (jargon) are the most difficult for ELL students to learn.
- Academic and content-specific language needs to be taught explicitly.
- Essential Questions:
- What are academic and content-specific words in the area of digital literacy?
- What are strategies for learning new vocabulary in general?
- Objectives: from the Common Core State Standards site:
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9-10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9-10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4.A
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4.B
Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., analyze, analysis, analytical; advocate, advocacy).
Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., analyze, analysis, analytical; advocate, advocacy).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4.C
Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, or its etymology.
Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, or its etymology.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4.D
Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
- Summative Assessment: After working on increasing vocabulary, students will create a class slideshow with each student responsible for a set of vocabulary words. The presentation of each concept can include text, images, meaning or concept map, and audio to convey the meaning of the identified terms.
- Lesson Opening
- Lesson Opening (The Hook):
The student will explore several stories at News in Levels. The students will be introduced to vocabulary related to digital literacy: purpose, relevancy, etc, as well as every day and academic words as selected by the teacher.
- Lesson Body
- Explanation: This app explains, models, and reinforces vocabulary in speech and writing:
- Listening practice:
- Speaking practice:
- Check for Understanding: This intermediate-level app provide checks for understanding through numerous multiple choice quizzes.
Extended Practice: This app allows the student to practice their speaking skills.
- Closing
- Lesson Closing: Using this app to create a class slideshow, students will make a slide that incorporates voice and text that they have been practicing. Students could also use concept maps and images as directed by the teacher.
