Term: N/A
Edition: 2nd
Online: Yes
Paper: Yes
Accomodated/Modified Available: No
Description:
In this course, learners will strengthen their skills for listening, reading, speaking, and writing. Listening and Reading: Units 1-4 provide a review of story elements and characteristics of folktales, fairy tales, fables, and informational texts while introducing new language skills such as understanding and using homographs, figurative language, and idioms. Learners will listen to a variety of literature, including fun, classic pieces such as “The Little Red Hen” and “Cinderella,” as well as contemporary informational texts such as a news article from 2024 about a family that discovers a dinosaur fossil. Units 5-10 provide text sets that bring literature and information together under a unifying topic. Learners will build effective reading habits by practicing reading strategies before reading, during reading, and after reading. Before reading, students will learn vocabulary words that appear in the text and reflect on their background knowledge of the text’s genre. During reading, students will confirm predictions and answer questions. After reading, students will discuss the author’s purpose and make connections. Speaking and Writing: Throughout each Unit, learners will study the function of words and phrases in sentences so that they can comprehend and compose sentences. Students begin by learning about parts of speech and parts of sentences and build up to whole sentences and punctuation rules. Throughout the course, students will compose their own stories, informational texts, and poems, using their reading materials as mentor texts. Learners will also practice speaking in informal and formal settings through their writing projects. From a book talk in Unit 2 where learners provide a recommendation for a story they have read independently to a group research project in Unit 10 where learners work as a group to create a presentation, learners will participate in multiple exercises for communicating effectively and working collaboratively.
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