Vocabulary Development
The approach of addressing vocabulary both in and out of natural communication contexts.
What is a balanced approach?
The five interrelated phases of writing.
What are prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing?
The three linguistic systems involved in reading.
What are phonics, syntax and semantics?
The integration of language learning opportunities with content instruction.
What is CBI (content-based instruction)?
Practicing something with someone else is a form of this.
What is rehearsing?
Instant recognition of word forms and meaning.
What is fluency?
The two phases of the writing process where cooperative groups is most useful.
What are revising and editing?
The cognitive process in which we reflect upon our own thinking.
What is metacognition?
Proficient reading approach a text with this in mind.
What is a purpose?
A popular diagram used for comparing and contrasting.
What is a Venn Diagram?
The three general kinds of words students need to learn.
What are high-frequency, general academic and domain-specific (academic content-area)?
The identified six basic traits inherent in good writing.
What are ideas/content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions?
A type of reading strategy where the teacher works with a small group of students and a reading selection that is slightly above their independent reading level.
What is guided reading?
One of the most important written language features.
What is text structure?
A graphic method of listing and analyzing the essential traits or features that define members or examples of a particular category or concept.
What is a semantic feature analysis?
Nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs are these type of words.
What are content words?
Three of the four types of journals discussed in chapter 8.
What are learning log, buddy journal, dialogue journal or project journal?
Three to six students who discuss a story or essay all have read.
What is a literature response group or literature circle?
All students who are literate in their home language bring this.
What is funds of literacy knowledge?
Where students become teachers within their own groups?
What is reciprocal teaching?
The two aspects of vocabulary demonstrated by recognizing and understanding as well as the ability to use it when speaking.
What are receptive and productive oral vocabulary?
A technique used for developing vocabulary and preparing for writing.
What is brainstorming or clustering?
Informal way for students to select materials at their independent reading level (Melinda Thurber).
What is the five-finger exercise?
Three of the six elements that create optimal content learning for ELLS.
Three components of reciprocal teaching.
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What are make predictions, ask questions, create opinions, clarify confusing information, or summarize?