Donald Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton, and Francine Johnston (2008) explain that there are two purposes for word studies. First is to help students develop a general knowledge of English spellings. Second, word study increases their specific knowledge of the spelling and meanings of words. Word studies are developmental because teachers must differentiate instruction for different levels of word knowledge (Bear et. Al, 2008).
English & Language Arts common Core Sate Standards: A Reflection of Key Concepts Significant for Teaching Elementary Language Arts and Literacy Jessica Bribiesca Brandman University Introduction The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and Literacy are significant to teachers who are preparing to teach elementary school for many reasons. Three strategies to use with the CCSS are outlined in this reflective paper. First, the ELA and Literacy standards aide teachers in setting high standards with clear goals so the teachers can produce a deeper instruction. Second, using text based evidence in ELA and Literacy guides students so they can understand what they are reading by referring back to the
Spelling checkers cannot identify spelling errors that result in another legitimate word (e.g., “form” typed for “from”) and are hard to use on documents that contain numerous words (e.g., foreign terms) not entered in the incorporated dictionary. Grammar checkers—which also generally check punctuation, sentence length, and other aspects of style—have been criticized for their reliance on oversimplified
Second, unclear directions can also stunt a projects turnout (Northouse, 2012). Employees who don’t understand steps to accomplish their task will not achieve correct results (Northouse, 2012). If the teacher in the previous example stated that the goal of the essay was to create structured paragraphs, but neglected to tell the students how that can be achieved; she provided unclear instruction. These ambiguous directions will inhibit good
Analyzing Author Style Using Students will combine three sets of kernel sentences based on the first paragraph of Britt's writing. They will then Sentence Combining: compare their sentences to Britt's. The class will discuss what sentence combining strategy or strategies they used and observe how Britt varies her sentences. Cause and Effect Writing: Students examine the causes and effects presented in a brochure called "Ozone: The Good and the Bad." They
Nonstandard diction refers to expressions that are not considered legitimate words according to the rules of Standard English usage. Nonstandard diction includes "ain't," "theirselves," "hisself," "anyways," "alot" (the accepted version is "a lot"), and "alright" (the accepted version is "all right"). Most good dictionaries will identify such expressions with the word "Nonstandard." ( When you refer to information contained in Joe’s book (and everyone is required to do this) but have no reference, your essay is not theoretically sophisticated. You must have references even if you do not directly quote.
It does not solve all our educational problems. But not having a curriculum indicates our unwillingness or inability to define what we are trying to accomplish. It provides direction, clarity, and focus around worthy ends, without interfering with teachers’ decisions about how to teach” (Ravitch, 231). Teachers are not getting the creative freedom that is necessary to be a good teacher. Too much emphasis is being placed on testing and accountability thus creating discomfort and stress for educators.
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But at the same time it’s really not fair to compare their performance with your English speaking students. So there is a must need for standard based instruction that pertains to the needs of just ELLs. If we try to hold them to the standards of native English speaking students this could actually hurt their self esteem since they probably would never reach the same goals on the same level. Also it could lead to an ELL being missed diagnosed with a learning disability (LD). This is why there have been some efforts to develop English Language Development (ELD) standards.
16. There are different types of grammar, descriptive grammar being one of them. List the other three types of grammar.’ Descriptive grammar Pedagogical grammar Prescriptive grammar Reference grammar 17. In your own words, explain the meaning of one of the types of grammar named in Question 16. A descriptive grammar looks at the way a language is actually used by its speakers and then attempts to analyse it and formulate rules about the structure.