Language Objectives Guide
Language Objectives Guide
Language Objectives:
Promote student academic language growth.
Include the use of either receptive (listening and reading)
and/or productive language skills (speaking and writing)
Connect clearly with the lesson topic or lesson activities
Essential Question: Which of the four domains will the
students use to accomplish the content objective?
Category
Example
Grammar or Language Structures can Students will use adverbs when drafting
be taught when they are prevalent in the their report.
written or spoken discourse of the class. Students will recognize imperative
sentences
Lesson Tasks involve identifying
language that is embedded in a single
lesson and turning it into explicit
instruction in language.
Action Words
agree/disagree
answer
ask
converse
debate
define
describe
discuss
explain
express
give instructions
identify
name
practice
predict
pronounce
rehearse
repeat
rephrase
respond
restate
say steps in a
process
share
state
summarize
tell
use vocabulary
discover
distinguish
explore
find
find specific info
identify
infer
interpret
locate
make connections
match
preview
predict
read
read aloud
skim
Writing
ask and answer
questions
brainstorm
classify
collect
compare
contrast
create
describe
edit
evaluate
explain
illustrate
journal
label
list
order
organize
record
revise
state and justify
opinions
summarize
support
take notes
write