TPA Lesson Plan Response

The first five items are pretty self explanatory. However, I've encountered problems in estimating the length of my lessons. Sometimes they run short and many times they run long. I'm doing my best to coordinate with my cooperating teacher to allow enough time for her to teach her lesson which is challenging but we manage. It forces me to be more adaptive.
The academic and content standards have become more clear and mainstream. I'm glad the common core state standards are being implemented almost nation wide. I always thought EALRs and GLEs were vague, confusing, and tedious. The common core state standards are easily numbered with detailed examples. I have a couple hard copies of the CCSS and bookmarked the OSPI webpage with the pdf file. I generally try to get two or three CCSS in my lessons.
The content objective and academic language section have always seemed redundant to me. Couldn't I use academic language within my content objectives? My lesson plans need some work in this area because I often forget to explain how the lesson specifically connects to the standards.
I'm fairly comfortable describing assessment, lesson rationale, and instructional strategies. The concept of student voice is very important in my opinion. I try to build my lessons around students' line of questioning and responses. In general, I try to make my lessons accessible to all students but I'm not aware of many techniques to address differentiated instruction. I'm fortunate that all my students with IEPs and accommodations have personal aides. The class is very inclusive and cooperative. Lastly, I noticed the addition of parent and community involvement to the TPA. It's important to utilize the community in education. Teaching is such a huge job so it's important to have a team of people with common goals.