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Harlem Consolidated School District 122, Machesney Park, Illinois June 16, 2010. Today’s Agenda: Introduction: A look at traditional vocabulary instruction and how it can be improved What is academic vocabulary ? What are the key words that every student must

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  1. Harlem Consolidated School District 122, Machesney Park, Illinois June 16, 2010 Today’s Agenda: Introduction: A look at traditional vocabulary instruction and how it can be improved What is academic vocabulary? What are the key words that every student must know for academic success? What are the best ways to teach these words so that they stay learned? What are the practices of skillful readers and note-takers? How can we infuse writing instruction in the content areas without being overwhelmed by the paperwork? The visuals for today’s presentation are available for your classroom use. Feel free to access them at www.amybenjamin.com

  2. Why? Writing equips the mind to think. Writing is how students engage the gears in their knowledge.

  3. Writing for Reading Comprehension I. The Outline Classic outline form: No (or few) complete sentences At least two items for each heading Why? The process of outlining clarifies main ideas and supportive details Most textbook information is created from an outline

  4. Outlines: Text I • Changes caused by Industrial Revolution • A. How people worked • B. How people lived • Before the IR • A. Workers mostly in rural areas • B. Families worked together on farms • C. Most items made by hand • D. Children continued work of parents • During and After the IR • A. Families moved to cities • B. City living conditions • 1. Families less together • 2. Factory work • a. Dirty • b. Dangerous • C. Machinery • 1. Rapid production • 2. Decline of hand-made goods

  5. Writing for Reading Comprehension • II. The Summary

  6. Summary Writing: • The ABOUT, AND technique: It’s ABOUT….. (one or two words) It’s about birds AND… It’s about birds and… WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, HOW…. It’s about birds and how they fly.

  7. Writing for Reading Comprehension • III. The Paraphrase • Change the vocabulary • Change the sentence structure

  8. Paraphrases: Text I: The Industrial Revolution and its inventions brought many changes to the daily lives of European families. . Text II: The goddess Eos received her title by being the Sun’s daughter. Text III: England is a majestic, scepter’s isle that is the throne of kings. It is like a fortress that Nature has built… Text IV: Governments need revenues for their activities. These revenues are raised in the form taxes paid by citizens. Text V: Because geographers want to know why something happens to the land, they focus on cause and effect relationships.

  9. Summaries: Text I: It’s about the Industrial Revolution and how it changed family life. Text II: It’s about Eos and Tithonius and how their ill-fated love story played out. Text III: It’s about England and why it is to be treasured. Text IV: It’s about the different kinds of taxes and what they are used for. Text V: It’s about cause and effect relationships and how you can recognize which is which.

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