4th Edition LANGUAGE! Overview

®The Comprehensive Literacy CurriculumBookAInteractive TextBook AAfter listening to an excerpt of a jazz recording, identify threethings you like or dislike about the piece of music. Write a paragraphexplaining three reasons why you like or dislike the music.ReadingWritingSpellingVocabularyGrammarSpeakingWriting Using the Challenge Textprovides additional opportunitiesfor applying skills and strategieslearned in Step 6 through writingand oral presentations based onthe Challenge Text selections.Ideas andContentBook A Writer’s ChecklistTrait Did I…? UnitOrganizationVoice andAudienceAwarenessWord ChoiceSentenceFluencyConventionsJane Fell Greene, Ed.D.Book A, Interactive Text®❏❏ Focus all sentences on the topic❏❏ Provide supporting details for my topic sentence❏❏ Include examples, evidence, and/or explanations to develop the supportingdetail sentences❏❏ Write a topic sentence❏❏ Tell things in an order that makes sense❏❏ Use transition words and/or phrases❏❏ Write a concluding sentence❏❏ Think about my audience and purpose for writing❏❏ Write in a clear and engaging way that makes my audience want to read mywork; can my reader “hear” me speaking❏❏ Try to find my own way to say things❏❏ Use words that are lively and specific to the content❏❏ Write complete sentences❏❏ Expand some of my sentences by painting the subject and/or predicateCapitalize words correctly:❑❑ Capitalize the first word of each sentence❑❑ Capitalize proper nouns, including people’s namesPunctuate correctly:❑❑ Put a period or question mark at the end of each sentence❑❑Put an apostrophe before the s for a singular possessive noun❑❑ Use a comma after a long adverb phrase at the beginning of a sentenceUse grammar correctly:❑❑ Use the correct verb tense❑❑ Make sure the verb agrees with the subject in numberSpell correctly:❑❑Spell all Essential Words correctlyApply spelling rules❑❑ The doubling rule (1-1-1) Pre-write Write Revise1151145662213, 6In Unit 5, Lesson 5, students write a paragraphin response to a prompt and apply the writingprocess—pre-write, write, and revise—using theLANGUAGE! Writer’s Checklist.131254416EnglishLanguageLearnersLANGUAGE!Writing Using theChallenge TextLanguage-BasedLearningDisabilitiesCurriculumCasualtiesDevelops communicationskills through speakingand writing:Explicit instruction inthe following:• Oral language priming• Structure of writing• Simple summaries• Expanded summaries• Sentence structure• Paragraph structure• Topic sentences• Concluding sentences• Paragraph writing• Report structure• Introductory paragraphs• Concluding paragraphs• Report writing• Responding to a prompt• Answering questions• Personal narratives• Compare and contrast• Narrative writing• Persuasive writing• The writing processAssessment based on:• Six Traits of Effective Writing(800) 547-6747 LANGUAGE! Overview 21