No-Glamour Language–Middle School Catherine E. Keeney

Description Ages: 10-14Grades: 5-9 This book uses curricular content and middle-school lesson formats to help students transfer language learning to the classroom and meet testing requirements. The language lessons teach students to associate and apply information to a variety of contexts and respond to academic/testing questions accurately. Students learn 1,555 words from the social studies, science, language arts, math, geography, political science, and history curricula. Age-appropriate articulation lessons with a language approach are included for the r, s, z, l, and th sounds. The book targets eight essential language skills: Vocabulary - using context to determine meaning, testing words, curricular vocabulary, and more Comprehension - identifying flag words, identifying and understanding sequence words, identifying passive voice sentences, and more Expression - asking questions, relating events, using complete sentences, and giving directions Grammar & Syntax - irregula