Plan language support from the intended task outcome.
Electrical conductivity
Conducts electricity
An electrical insulator
Copper conducts electricity, whereas plastic is an insulator.
Science: comparing two materials needs precise properties and comparative language: “Copper conducts electricity, whereas plastic is an insulator.”
Start with the task outcome and work backwards to the language learners will need.
Identify what learners must produce or explain.
Predict the likely response structure and essential vocabulary.
Model one language choice in a subject example.
Check an independent response and adjust the support.
Remove the comparative opening and let learners select their own wording.
Keep the subject challenge. Offer one model, visual or language prompt where needed, then check a fresh independent response.
Start with the task outcome and work backwards to the language learners will need.
Identify what learners must produce or explain. Predict the likely response structure and essential vocabulary.
Can learners choose an accurate comparison based on a new materials table?
Remove the comparative opening and let learners select their own wording.
Can learners choose an accurate comparison based on a new materials table?
Adapt these prompts to the task and your learners.
Our purpose is: Plan language support from the intended task outcome.
Which detail supports your explanation? Show me how you know.
Try the new case on your own. Show the detail or reasoning that supports your answer.
Which support do you still need, and which part can you now do independently?
Maths: predicting a graph needs trend and conditional language.
Humanities: evaluating a source needs judgement, evidence and qualification.
Use a small word bank, visuals and partner rehearsal when needed. Extend with precise explanations and qualifications. Judge the support from the response to this task.
Keep the strategy. Change the subject.
For comparing materials, plan property terms and comparative language.
Copper conducts electricity, whereas plastic is an insulator.
Judge the support against the expected response: does it enable the necessary language without supplying the reasoning?
For evaluating a source, plan judgement, evidence and qualification.
The poster is useful for identifying its creator’s message, but not for establishing everyone’s response.
Judge the support against the expected response: does it enable the necessary language without supplying the reasoning?
For comparing descriptions, plan a shared criterion and evidence from each.
The first description uses quiet verbs, whereas the second uses abrupt verbs, creating different impressions of movement.
Judge the support against the expected response: does it enable the necessary language without supplying the reasoning?
For predicting a linear graph, plan rate and conditional language.
If x increases by 1, y increases by 3, so the graph has gradient 3.
Judge the support against the expected response: does it enable the necessary language without supplying the reasoning?