ABSTRACT
Once you have decided what students should be able to know and do, you are ready to select the appropriate teaching tools and strategies for the target content and performance criteria. As indicated in Part 2 of the book and elsewhere, there are instances when it is perfectly appropriate to teach directly in the form of a lecture when the nature of the content involves background information, facts, or procedures. However, this form of direct instruction may not work well with English language learners as they become passive recipients of information. At the other end of the spectrum of instructional choices are interactive instructional strategies that allow students to clarify, question, apply, and process new knowledge. ese latter strategies are aligned with what we know works best with ELLs.
