4th Edition LANGUAGE! Overview

Reading and writing are reciprocal in LANGUAGE!“Excellent instruction in writing not only emphasizes correctness of forms and conventions, butalso instills in writers the command of a wide variety of forms, genres, styles, and tones, and theability to adapt to different contexts and purposes.”Organizing Information (Unit 1)—Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools (2007)LANGUAGE! aligns with the criteria for effective adolescent writing instruction,as recommended by Writing Next. In particular, the curriculum addresses writingfor content learning and writing strategies, which involve teaching students toplan, revise, and edit their compositions.(Unit 1)Graphic organizers and outlines help organize information to plan to write.recipethe directions andingredients tomake something;a formula166 Unit 5 • Jazz It Up51015How did jazz begin? There was a recipe ! There weremany parts. There were different people. There wereAfricans. There were Europeans. There was differentmusic. There was the blues. There was ragtime. All ofthese combined. They made up the recipe. America’sown music was born. It was jazz.Workers sang. Where? They sang in fields. They sangon ships. They sang on railroads. The work song wasa part of their day. People worked together. They sangwork songs. They worked to a beat. The songs madeit easier. There were many kinds of work songs. Worksongs played a part in jazz.Church music was important to jazz. AfricanAmericans made new kinds of church music. Blackpeople formed churches. They rewrote old songs. Theychanged words. They changed the beat. They changed• LANGUAGE! students organize thoughts, writeincreasingly sophisticated text, and communicateeffectively through the writing process. They progressfrom writing expository paragraphs to literaryanalyses and reports.Using the Six Traits to Revise a Paragraph (Unit 6)Draft ParagraphBoth graphic organizers can organize the same information.Three ingredients in the jazz recipe aredance music, church music, and the blues .Dance music was one ingredient . It wasa combination of African and Europeanmusic. It was played by slaves at plantationdances . Another ingredient was churchmusic . It was a new way of writing andplaying old songs. African Americans createdit in their churches . A third ingredient wasthe blues . Slaves were free by the time theInformal (Two-Column) Outline (Unit 5)H54 Handbookblues were first played. But life was stillhard. That made people feel sad.PEditor’s Marksadd or change textdelete textmove textnew paragraphcapitalize/ lowercaseinsert periodcheck spelling or spell out wordDraft Paragraph with EditsThe Benefitsof ExerciseLet’s Work Out!Regular exercise helps people in twoimportant ways It improves people’shealth. It make the hart, lungs, bones,and muscles stronger. Workin’ out is alsogood for the mind. It makes people feelbetter about themselves. It calms themdown when they feel bad. People shouldget exercise.Let’s Work Out!Regular exercise helps people in twoFirst,important ways . It improves people’s health.sIt make the hart, lungs, bones, and musclesIt keeps people at a healthy weight. Exercisestronger. Workin’ out is also good for the mind.It makes people feel better about themselves.angry or stressedIt calms them down when they feel bad.When people getPeople should get exercise. exercise, they stay fit,healthy, and happy.H66 HandbookBook A, Student Text24 LANGUAGE! Overview www.sopriswest.com/language