1. DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION World Languages SFUSD January 26, 2007

4. Backwards Planning Step 1: Determine Lesson & CA State Content Standards Identify CONTENT: What do the students need to know? Step 2: Understand the Materials Preview text and instructional resources Step 3: Determine the Outcome Write a teacher’s working thesis Design a focus question Develop rubric or other form of scoring guide Step 5: Instruction, Learning, Practice Reading and writing strategies Oral language and critical thinking skills development Content Acquisition Step 6: Administer the Assessment Have students complete the assessment Use the rubric Provide feedback Step 7: Analyze the Data Analyze student work to plan instruction Do protocol with colleagues Revise or re-teach as needed Revise unit for future use Model Instruction Guided practice Independent Practice UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project, ucbhssp@berkeley.edu Step 4: Identify Challenges of Understanding of Content Determine sentence and passage level strategies for unlocking text and content Determine writing strategies for answering focus question

16. Tiered Activities

21. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Chinese Proverb