Academic Langauge Quest: Learning Activity Graphic Organizer

Use this chart to assist you in creating a learning activity in your content area
which can be developed and extended to move through all three dimensions of
academic language:

Academic Language
Dimension

Language Functionthe
objective of what you want
your students to be able to do
(usually a verb, i.e.
compare/contrast, list,
develop, create, etc.)
Language function may
change as you move to deeper
levels of academic language.

Vocabulary

Syntax

Discourse

Learning ActivityAs you

move through the deeper
dimensions of academic
language, this activity should
evolve and grow (as opposed
to being three separate
activities)