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Ela100 3 Robinson Reading Grammar Knowl Activities
Ela100 3 Robinson Reading Grammar Knowl Activities
Ela100 3 Robinson Reading Grammar Knowl Activities
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WRITTEN LANGUAGE
Monologue
Writer distanced from the
reader
Compact and dense
Planned, edited
Independent of physical
setting
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Language for
expressing ideas
Structure:
Orientation: sets context for the events that
follow and provides information about who,
what, where and when
Series of Events: arranged in chronological
order
Reorientation: rounds off the sequence with
personal comment or interpretation of events
present
future
now
Drafting
Groups re-visit their picture and draft one sentence
using a present tense verb/verb group.
Many students draw heavily on adjectives to
describe the scene. However, at this stage I use
minimal recasting when scribing the sentences
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Action
verbs
Meaning go
follow
arrive
Saying
verbs
says tells
asks
Sensing
verbs
thinks
feels
wants
Relating verbs
be
have become
seem appear
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