PPT-Weekly Words The following are words that are “common” vocabulary used in everyday

Weekly Words The following are words that are common vocabulary used in everyday writing reading and speaking It is important that you internalize words you may not be familiar with in order to build your vocabulary skills Find interesting ways to use these words so they become part of you. Language Development. What does the research tell us?. Vocabulary knowledge is a strong predictor of verbal ability (Sternberg, 1987). Vocabulary difficulty strongly impacts text difficulty (Klare, 1984). Illinois State Board of Education. English Language Arts Content Specialists. Hosted by Kathi Rhodus, June, 2012. Content contained is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-. ShareAlike. 3.0 Unported License. Vocabulary and Comprehension Across the Grades. Presented by Kelly Ford. Manville. , January 2015. Manville Schools. Goals. High-Quality Instruction. Complex Reading and Writing. Student-. C. entered Learning. Dr. Elaine Roberts, Ph.D.. University of West Georgia. Language, Listening, Vocabulary. 4 Types of Vocabulary. Listening *Largest store of words. Speaking. Reading . Writing . Comprehension & Vocabulary are related to reading success. Sample Multiple-Choice Question #1. Read . the following passage carefully before you choose your answers. After you have answered the question there will be a link to another page that lists the correct responses and the rationales.. Equine Adj. Having the characteristics of horses. . Equine. studies is a branch of the veterinary field that I find interesting because I love horses.. 2. Bovine adj. Having the characteristics of cows, oxen. Amory School District. There are three types of vocabulary words---three tiers of vocabulary---for teaching and assessing word knowledge. . A word’s frequency of use, complexity, and meaning determines into which tier it will fall. . Vocabulary Acquisition and Use. Test Prep in a Workshop. Looking Forward . March 29, 2013. When we know better, we do better.. ~. M. aya Angelou. Resources . . .. Power Point, materials, and handouts from today’s training are located at:. This presentation . should be . viewed in “Slide Show” view to display properly. . These . slides . are optimized for PowerPoint versions 12 (2007/2008) and 14 (2010/2011). If viewed in earlier versions of PowerPoint, some slides may not display properly. . VOCABULARY. 1. Penny Ur. Bnei. . Brak. , February 2015. 1. Some basic facts about vocabulary. Reviewing terminology. word. lexeme. morpheme. denotation. connotation. collocation . Defining . vocabulary. internalize . words you may not be familiar with in order to build your vocabulary skills. Find interesting ways to use these words so they become part of you. . . Acrimonious. Acrimonious. . Adjective. Vocabulary 3a Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. TRANSITIONS Let’s improve your writing! What are they and what do they do? In writing, transitions are words that connect the logical sequence of events. They are important because they will help you organize thoughts and write proficiently. These words are used to connect single sentences and thoughts in order to complete an order in which events take place. Michael McCarthy. Outline. Is spoken academic English like or unlike conversational English? . Are there discipline-specific constraints?. Insights from corpus analysis. How might these influence EAP materials? .