How+Academic+Language+Can+Be+Addressed

=Requirement= Our assumption is that students know the basic definitions of
 * Scatter plots
 * Coordinate planes
 * Slope
 * Y-intercept.

=Algebra 1 CA Standards=
 * **Standard 5.0** – Students solve multistep problems, including word problems, involving linear equations.
 * **Standard 6.0** – Graph a linear equation and compute the x- and y- intercept.
 * **Standard 7.0** – Understand the slope for use in the point-slope formula.

=Abstractions= Part of academic language is describing abstract concepts. Math in general has tons of abstract concepts and part of our job as math teachers is making sure our students understand those concepts. Since our lesson plan is constructivist in nature, the best way to do this would be to incorporate a review of terms that the students should know before even beginning the lesson.This could include a review of graphing on a coordinate plane including a review of the terms:
 * coordinate or ordered pair
 * x-axis
 * y-axis
 * origin
 * quadrants

=Specialized Symbolism= [] The symbolism of math is also very confusing for students. Wikipedia also provides a list of math symbols and what they mean: []

This particular lesson only uses the equal symbol so it shouldn't be too difficult for students as they have been using this particular symbol for a long time by this lesson.

=technical terminology= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_terminology

=Demonstration= Demonstration of mathematical language and how to use scatterplots to define a slope intercept equation. []