Language Star
The part of the language star that focuses on word parts with the smallest units of meaning.
What is morphology?
A principle that we refer to as the 50/50 rule, even though this is our minimum expectation.
What is student production?
The only part of speech that can stand alone as a sentence.
What is a verb?
Verbs must be written in this form for Verb Tense Study.
What is the infinitive form?
A student who struggles with differentiating between /b/ and /v/ sounds is having difficulty with this arm of the language star.
What is phonology?
Rules that govern the order of words in a language.
What is syntax?
Student are encouraged to respond in this format, often with a gesture cue.
What is a complete sentence?
Every sentence must have these two parts of speech to make a complete sentence, although one may be implied.
What are a noun (or pronoun) and a verb?
You start with this part of speech when building the sentence in Syntax Surgery.
What are verbs?
Using a strategy such as Think/Pair/Share is part of this Key Language Acceleration Principle.
What is the 50/50 rule or student language production?
The study of the 44 units of sound in the English Language.
What is phonology?
This principle states that language skills are learned best when students and teachers know the exact desired outcome for the lesson.
What is a clear language objective?
This punctuation mark can save a life: Let's eat Grandma!
What is a comma?
The correct prompt for this method is “What would you say?”
What is Function Junction?
When a student shares experiences and customs from her native country with the class, this is representative of this Language Development Approach Principle.
What is Principle 1: Asset-Based Behaviors and Expectations?
This is your personal word bank.
What is lexicon?
The process of identifying a mistake, modeling or asking student to fix it, and then having the student restate.
What is the error correction cycle?
The two conjunctions that you can use to answer “where”.
What are where and wherever?
In this ELD method, the teacher leads students to "shake out" academic vocabulary words by analyzing a picture.
What is Picture Word Inductive Model?
A student makes this syntax error: "Dad is driving the car red." You refer him to this specific English Syntax rule.
What is Rule #2, adjective + noun?
Students who do not understand idioms or words with multiple meanings are lacking this part of the language star.
What is semantics?
This is how we get our students to operate outside of their comfort zone.
What is PUSH?
The syntax rule that allows you to start a sentence with “because”.
What is conjunction + clause + clause?
In this method students change base words into adjectives, nouns, verbs, and adverbs.
What is Morph House
An ELD method that is used as a basis for persuasive writing.
What is This or That?