Planning for a high- challenge, high support classroom

Planning for a high- challenge, high support classroom

1. Effective leanring requires:

   • Teachers understand the demands of their own subject
     • Language integrated in a well designed
       • Teachers know the best conditions to learn a second language
         • Teachers know estrategies to provide support for learners

2. Designed scaffolding(macro)

   • Planned support
     • Activities consciously
       • Task are secuenced
         • Variety of organizational structures
           • Curriculum amplied

3. Interactional scaffolding (micro)

   • Not planned
     • Spontaneous
   • Teachers:
     • Listen to learners without prescripted answers
       • remind students of key points
         • Allow learners more time to respond
           • Allow adequate wait time in variety of ways.

4. Planning program

   • What you know about your students(language)
     • identify the central to the particular topic
       • Select the key language on wich you will focus
         • Evaluate the unit of work