Adapt a lesson for English learners at different proficiency levels
Adds language objectives, scaffolds, and supports to a lesson for English learners across proficiency levels.
The prompt
Help me adapt a lesson for my English learners.
Grade and subject: [DETAILS]
Lesson objective and main activities: [PASTE LESSON]
English learners and proficiency levels: [e.g. "3 students at WIDA level 1-2, 5 at level 3-4"]
Home languages: [LANGUAGES]
Key vocabulary and texts: [DETAILS]
Supports available: [e.g. co-teacher, bilingual aide, devices with translation]
Do this:
1. Write a language objective alongside the content objective (the language function, e.g. compare, explain, argue, and the form students need).
2. Sort vocabulary into tier 2 (academic words) and tier 3 (content words) and give a quick way to pre-teach each.
3. For each activity, add supports by proficiency level: visuals, sentence frames, word banks, partner talk, home-language use, graphic organizers, modified texts.
4. Add structured speaking time so every EL produces academic language, not just listens.
5. Adjust the assessment so it measures content knowledge without being blocked by English level, and add a quick language check.
6. Flag cultural references or idioms in the lesson that may need explaining.
Return a table (Activity | Level 1-2 supports | Level 3-4 supports | Level 5 supports), the sentence frames ready to print, and the adjusted assessment. Keep grade-level content; scaffold up, do not water down.
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What to fill in
- DETAILS
- PASTE LESSON
- e.g. "3 students at WIDA level 1-2, 5 at level 3-4"
- LANGUAGES
- e.g. co-teacher, bilingual aide, devices with translation
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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