The purpose of this final project is to demonstrate how you would make a grammar-focused lesson for a specific EL population of your choosing (age, grade, educational background, years in the US, L1 proficiency level, English proficiency level) within a specific classroom context (self-contained/sheltered content classroom, pull-out ESOL, ESOL & SpEd, etc).
Lesson Plan: Note that grammar will be the focus of this lesson, not something that is briefly mentioned or glossed over. Given that, you will have language objectives that focus on that grammar point but also have one content objective (what content ESOL students will use the grammar for in this particular lesson as it relates to the overall unit). Think about how you will introduce the grammar point:
Has it already been taught and this is a review, or is it brand new to them?
What role will you play as the teacher in introducing this information?
What tools will you use to introduce this information?
What types of activities will you use that Focus on Form?
How will you organize the grammar point with the types of activities students do over the course of the lesson, and how will they build up to a culminating activity that connects the grammar point with the overall unit content?
Justification: Why did you construct the lesson plan as you did in relation to meeting the needs of the EL population and teaching context you described in Part 1? Include at least four references in your justification paper. These references can be readings from this course, from another course, just from a source you have that you trust, or from comments from me or from classmates that you found helpful. The references dont have to carefully formatted; I just would like to know what or who you are referring to.
