MATL Content Methods IV : Secondary ELA

1.5 units

Participants will be introduced to essential instructional practices to teach the Language and Speaking and Listening Standards. The fi rst session addresses core practices for explicit and implicit vocabulary instruction and identi fi es strategies to systematize these practices in classrooms. In the fi rst Mastery Task for this module, participants will plan an explicit vocabulary instruction mini-lesson and implement the lesson with their students. Following an introduction to vocabulary instruction, students will close the year by focusing on Speaking and Listening and best practices for collaborative learning. The culminating Mastery Task for the year asks participants to incorporate these strategies through the facilitation of small group discussion in their classrooms.