OBJECTIVES

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OBJECTIVES

• A Few Words about Writing Objectives

VA SOL Training Workshop July, 2000 Curriculum
Development CPDaugherty
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How Objectives Help Teachers

• Define kinds of proficiency we want out students
  to exhibit. __________________________________
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How Objectives Help Teachers

• Convert the perceived needs of the students into
  teaching points
• Clarify and organize teaching points

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How Objectives Help Teachers

• Think through the skills underlying different
  instructional points
• Decide on appropriate level of specificity for
  the teaching strategies that will be used

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What an Objective Does

• States what a student will be able to do . . .
  TSWBAT
• States the observable behavior
• Specific
• Clear
• Must be measurable for assessment purposes

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Example

• TSWBAT know the different sounds produced in the
  target language.
• TSWBAT recognize and correctly pronounce the
  consonants, vowels and diphthongs associated with
  the target language.

MLI5.3 4 LI.21
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Example
MLI5.3 4 LI.21

• TSWBAT know the different sounds produced in the
  target language.
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• MLI.5 The student will present orally in in
  writing information in the foreign language that
  contains a variety of similar vocabulary,
  phrases,and structural patterns.
• 3. Demonstrate increaing attention to accuracy
  inintonation and pronunciation in the foreign
  language especially when parenting prepared
  material orally.
• 4. Demonstrate increasing attention to accuracy
  inword order, punctuation, accents and other
  idacritical marks, and spelling when writing in
  the foreing language.
• LI.2 The student will use orally, listen to, and
  write Laitn as part of the language-learning
  process.
• 1. Recognize and reproduce Latin vowel,
  consonant, and diphthong sounds.

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Example
MLI5.3 4 LI.21

• TSWBAT recognize and correctly pronounce the
  consonants, vowels and diphthongs associated with
  the target language.
• MLI.5 The student will present orally in in
  writing information in the foreign language that
  contains a variety of similar vocabulary,
  phrases,and structural patterns.
• 3. Demonstrate increasing attention to accuracy
  in intonation and pronunciation in the foreign
  language especially when presenting prepared
  material orally.
• 4. Demonstrate increasing attention to accuracy
  in word order, punctuation, accents and other
  diacritical marks, and spelling when writing in
  the foreign language.
• LI.2 The student will use orally, listen to, and
  write Latin as part of the language-learning
  process.
• 1. Recognize and reproduce Latin vowel,
  consonant, and diphthong sounds.

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Topics of Discussion

• State the main ideas youll be talking about

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Topic One

• Details about this topic
• Supporting information and examples
• How it relates to your audience

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Topic Two

• Details about this topic
• Supporting information and examples
• How it relates to your audience

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Topic Three

• Details about this topic
• Supporting information and examples
• How it relates to your audience

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Real Life

• Give an example or real life anecdote
• Sympathize with the audiences situation if
  appropriate

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What This Means

• Add a strong statement that summarizes how you
  feel or think about this topic
• Summarize key points you want your audience to
  remember

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Next Steps

• Summarize any actions required of your audience
• Summarize any follow up action items required of
  you