Teaching Writing and Reading: A Book of Language Lessons

Introduction - The Mechanics of Reading and Writing Well!
Assessment - You Begin with a Writing Sample

Section 1 – Punctuation
Lesson 1 What Do I Know about Using Punctuation?
Lesson 2 Use Commas between Words in a List
Lesson 3 Capital Letters: Their Function in English
Lesson 4 Pause to Ask: Colon or Semicolon?
Lesson 5 When to Use Direct Speech Marks?
Lesson 6a FANBOYS: An Approach to Comma Usage
Lesson 6b The Compound Sentence Comma Conundrum
Lesson 7 Comma Use in Introductory Clauses or Restrictive Clauses
Lesson 8 The Apostrophe All Around
Lesson 9 Abbreviations or Contraction
Lesson 10 To Hyphen or to Dash

Section 2 – Spelling
Lesson 1 Getting to Know Our Spellers
Lesson 2 Pause to Ask: What Do I Know about Word Parts?
Lesson 3a Exploring the Variety of Sounds Long Vowels Make
Lesson 3b Exploring the Variety of Sounds Short Vowels Make
Lesson 4 Recognizing Complex Consonant Clusters
Lesson 5 Moving Beyond Easy Vowel Sounds to Unusual Vowel Sounds
Lesson 6 The Facts About Schwa
Lesson 7 The Magic of Diphthongs
Lesson 8 The Affix Connection
Lesson 9 Do Vowels Alternate? Or Do They Stay the Same?
Lesson 10 The Mysterious Greeks
Lesson 11 Where Are Your Latin Roots?

Section 3 – Teaching English Vocabulary
Lesson 1 Using Adverbs
Lesson 2 Alliterative Adjectives
Lesson 3 Expanding Vocabulary through Four-Word Sentences
Lesson 4 Just the Right Word: Connotation and Nuance
Lesson 5 Words with Multiple Meanings
Lesson 6 Homographs
Lesson 7 The Vocabulary of General and Specific
Lesson 8 Adjectives in Figurative Language: Comparison Simile
Lesson 9 Simile to Metaphor

Section 4 – Grammar
Lesson 1 Teaching the Concept of Adjective as Describing Word
Lesson 2 Adjectives and Nouns: Exploring and Using the Dictionary to Find Interesting Adjectives
Lesson 3 The Four Open Class Parts of Speech: Adjective, Noun, Verb, and Adverb
Lesson 4 Verbs and Adverbs: Further Descriptions
Lesson 5 Introducing the Noun Group
Lesson 6 Expanding the Noun Group with Adjectival Phrases
Lesson 7 Expanding the Noun Group with Adjectival Clauses
Lesson 8 The Difference Between a Phrase and a Clause
Lesson 9 Writing a Very Expanded Noun, Using Similes
Lesson 10 Teaching Prepositions and the Prepositional Phrase
Lesson 11 Teaching Independent and Dependent Clauses
Lesson 12 Sentence Variety Using Dependent Clauses
Lesson 13 Teaching Compound Sentences
Lesson 14 Developing Sentence Variety
Lesson 15 Verb Tenses: Simple Present and Continuous Present
Lesson 16 The Continuous Present Tense and Helping Verbs
Lesson 17 Verb Tenses: Past, Present, and Future
Lesson 18 Verbs: Continuous Tenses

Section 5 – Sentence Structure
Lesson 1 Teaching the Noun-Verb Sentence (Kernel Sentence)
Lesson 2 Teaching the Adjective-Noun Relationship (Plus Verb)
Lesson 3 Understanding Phrases
Lesson 4 Teaching the Verb and Adverb
Lesson 5 Teaching the Adverbial Phrase
Lesson 6 Teaching the Noun and Noun Group after the Verb (Object)
Lesson 7 Teaching the Adjectival Clause
Lesson 8 Teaching Compound Sentences
Lesson 9 Teaching Independent and Dependent Clauses
Lesson 10 Teaching the Use of Dependent Clauses
Lesson 11 Teaching the Use of Incomplete Clauses
Lesson 12 Reaching New Heights with Compound Sentences
Lesson 13 Having Fun with Sentences, Clauses, Phrases, and Noun Groups

Section 6 – Teaching Cohesion and Paragraphing
Lesson 1 Teaching Pronoun Reference
Lesson 2 Word Substitution (Lexical Cohesion)
Lesson 3 Word Substitution 2 (Lexical Cohesion)
Lesson 4 Word Substitution 3 (Lexical Cohesion)
Lesson 5 Using Substitutions in Writing: Noun Groups
Lesson 6 Using Text Connectives in Paragraphs
Lesson 7 Writing Paragraphs for Informative/Explanatory Texts
Lesson 8 Writing Paragraphs for Persuasive Texts and Opinion Pieces
Lesson 9 Writing Paragraphs for Narrative Texts: Introduction to Writing Narrative
Lesson 10 Paragraph Writing for Narrative and Imaginative Texts

Section 7 – Self-Efficacy and Becoming a Responsible Learner: A Partnership for Success
Lesson 1 Getting Ready for a New Strategy
Lesson 2 What Is a Language Strategy?
Lesson 3 How Do I Know I’ve Got It?
Lesson 4 Organize for Learning: What’s New?
Lesson 5 Getting Ready to Learn: Note-taking
Lesson 6a Getting in the Zone: Rehearsal
Lesson 6b Who Can I Teach? Know a Strategy So Well You Can Teach Others
Lesson 7a Knowing When I Get It or Not: Fast Drafts
Lesson 7b Not a Blank Slate: Using What I Know About Language
Lesson 7c Am I Committed? Keeping Track of My Learning Time
Lesson 8 Who Do I Turn to? (Asking for Help)
Lesson 9 Setting My Goals
Lesson 10 Keeping Track of Feedback

Section 8 – The Craft of Writing: Additional Background
Dimensions and Elements of Knowledge of English
Types of Texts
Paragraphs
Punctuation
Spelling
Vocabulary
Grammar
Sentence Structure
Cohesion