About Literacy: Made for All |
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Introduction to Wordsmithing |
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Introduction / Aims and Objectives |
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Project 1 Write an Advertising Campaign |
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Students plan and create public service advertising in three different media: video, print, and billboard/clothing |
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WDR 1 Questions Advertisers Must Ask |
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9 | (1) |
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WDR 2 Advertising Plan Sheet |
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10 | (1) |
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WDR 3 Sample Television Script Page |
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11 | (1) |
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WDR 4 Magazine Ad Strategies |
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12 | (1) |
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WDR 5 Proofread With A Partner Checklist: Script for A Video AD |
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13 | (1) |
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WDR 6 Writing An Advertisement Campaign Assessment Sheet |
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Project 2 Write and Deliver a Speech |
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Students write and deliver speeches for four different audiences: a debating speech, an election speech, an acceptance speech, and a speech for competition |
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WDR 7 Speech Planner Sheet |
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22 | (1) |
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WDR 8 Speech Outline Chart |
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23 | (1) |
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WDR 9 Debate Assessment Sheet |
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24 | (1) |
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WDR 10 Acceptance Speech Questions |
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25 | (1) |
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WDR 11 Second-Draft Questions |
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26 | (1) |
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WDR 12 Written Speech Assessment Sheet |
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27 | (1) |
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WDR 13 Speech Assessment Criteria |
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28 | (1) |
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Project 3 Write a Personal Essay |
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Students plan and write three different types of personal essays: sharing an experience, sharing an opinion, and opening a window on the author's world |
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WDR 14 Essay and Article Outline |
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WDR 15 Proofread With A Partner Checklist---Personal Essay |
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37 | (1) |
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WDR 16 Personal Essay Assessment Sheet |
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38 | (1) |
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Project 4 Write a Biographical or Personality Profile |
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Students research and write profiles of a family member, an historical figure, and a fictional character |
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WDR 17 Present Situation Bio Sheet |
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48 | (1) |
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WDR 18 Past History Bio Sheet |
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49 | (1) |
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WDR 19 Future Goals Bio Sheet |
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WDR 21 Personality Profile Planner |
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WDR 22 Proofread With A Partner Checklist: Personality Profile |
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WDR 23 Personality Profile Assessment Sheet |
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Students plan and write reviews of a video presentation, a music product, and a game |
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WDR 25 Proofread With A Partner Checklist: A Written Review |
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64 | (1) |
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WDR 26 Review Assessment Sheet |
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65 | (2) |
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Project 6 Write a Researched Article |
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Students research and write an article for submission to a targeted magazine |
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WDR 27 Tracking Sheet: Individuals |
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76 | (1) |
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WDR 29 Student Researcher ID Cards |
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77 | (1) |
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WDR 30 Article Planner Sheet |
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78 | (1) |
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WDR 31 Research Report Sheet |
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79 | (1) |
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WDR 32 Proofread With A Partner Checklist: A Researched Article |
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WDR 33 Researched Article Assessment Sheet |
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81 | (2) |
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Project 7 Write Documentation |
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Students create documentation for things that don't normally come with instructions for care (but should), such as drivers' licenses, or one's health |
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WDR 34 Tracking Sheet: Groups |
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WDR 35 Documentation Planner |
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89 | (1) |
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WDR 36 Written Documentation Assessment Sheet |
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90 | (1) |
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Project 8 Write a Formal Letter |
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Students practice writing letters with four different purposes: a covering letter, a letter of complaint, a job application letter, and a social letter of apology, thanks, congratulations, or condolences |
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WDR 37 Formal Letter Format |
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WDR 38 Formal Letter Assessment Sheet |
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Students practice organizing information for and then writing three different kinds of reports: a book report, a resume, and a researched report on teen behavior |
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WDR 39 Book Report Assessment Sheet |
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WDR 40 Resume Assessment Sheet |
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111 | (1) |
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WDR 42 Information Report Assessment Sheet |
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PART II STUDYING THE ESSAY |
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Introduction / Aims and Objectives |
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PART 1 Build Your Toolkit |
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Students familiarize themselves with literary terminology as they describe and discuss short nonfiction at three levels of analytical complexity |
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Assignment 1 Define the Essay |
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Students identify and chart the characteristics of five different kinds of essays |
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SER 1 Types of Essays Information Sheet |
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SER 2 Types of Essays Worksheet |
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SER 2A Types of Essays Worksheet (exemplar filled in) |
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SER 3 Essay Analysis Sheet |
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Assignment 2 Methods of Development and Thesis Support |
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Students identify and classify the steps in building an essay and appealing to the reader |
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SER 4 Methods of Development |
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Assignment 3 Analyze on the Technical Level |
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Students are introduced to rhetorical devices that determine how an essay looks and sounds |
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SER 5 A Glossary of Rhetorical/Literary Terms |
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SER 6 Levels of Analysis: Rhetorical/Literacy Devices |
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144 | (1) |
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SER 7 Answering An Effectiveness Question (Technical) |
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Assignment 4 Analyze on the Associative Level |
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Students are introduced to rhetorical devices that compare and contrast the essay's content with the real world |
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SER 8 Answering An Effectiveness Question (Associative) |
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Assignment 5 Analyze on the Thematic Level |
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Students are introduced to rhetorical devices that focus on what the reader brings to the reading of the essay |
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SER 9 Answering An Effectiveness Question (Thematic) |
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Assignment 6 Practice Close Reading of an Essay |
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Students discover how each word of an essay can contribute to its depth of meaning and its impact on the reader |
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Assignment 7 Practice Analyzing an Essay |
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Students learn how to answer effectiveness questions about examples from an essay |
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SER 10 Levels of Analysis: Effectiveness |
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Summative Product: Write a Sight Test |
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128 | (21) |
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SER 11 Tips for Writing A Sight Test |
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Summative Product: Answer an Effectiveness Question |
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130 | (20) |
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SER 12 Answering An Effectiveness Question Editing Checklist |
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150 | (1) |
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SER 13 Answering An Effectiveness Question Assessment Sheet |
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PART 2 Write a Literary Response |
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As students practice writing three different kinds of responses to short essays, they will be honing both their writing and their critical thinking skills |
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Assignment 1 Write a Dialectical Response to an Essay |
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Using two columns on a sheet of paper, students write point-form personal responses to selected words or sentences |
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Assignment 2 Write a Personal Response to an Essay |
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Students write a short personal essay inspired by a work of short nonfiction |
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SER 14 Writing A Response |
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SER 14A The Writing Process (on the back of SER 14) |
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Assignment 3 Write an Analytical Response to an Essay |
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Students write a short essay critically examining the effectiveness of another essayist's choices |
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SER 15 Writing An Analytical Response |
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Completing the Final Draft, All Responses |
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Students practice the writing process to arrive at a finished product |
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SER 16 Proofread With A Partner: Dialectical Response |
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164 | (1) |
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SER 17 Proofread With A Partner: Personal Response |
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165 | (1) |
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SER 18 Proofread With A Partner: Analytical Response |
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166 | (1) |
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SER 19 Assessment Checklist: Dialectical Response |
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167 | (1) |
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SER 20 Assessment Checklist: Personal Response |
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168 | (1) |
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SER 21 Assessment Checklist: Analytical Response |
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PART 3 Timed Writing Practice |
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Students learn and practice techniques that will help them do their best when answering essay-response questions on English examinations |
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Assignment 1 Lay the Foundations |
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Students are introduced to syntax and diction |
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SER 22 Introduction to Syntax |
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SER 23 Clauses Determine Sentence Patterns |
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181 | (2) |
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SER 24 Phrases Enhance Sentence Meaning |
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183 | (2) |
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SER 25 Syntactical Effects |
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SER 26 Diction: The Art of Carefully Choosing Words |
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Assignment 2 Practice Unpacking Prompts |
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Students learn how to closely read a question to determine how to respond |
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SER 27 Analyzing Tone in Literature |
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SER 28 How to Read A Literary Question |
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Assignment 3 Develop a Supporting Example |
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Students fully analyze a selected quotation in the body of a written response |
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Assignment 4 Organize an Essay-Length Response (DFAR) |
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Students use a tested and efficient template for a written response to a prompt |
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Assignment 5 Write a Timed Response |
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Students participate in a proven effective way to help them prepare for final or AP exams |
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SER 29 to SER 32 Timed Writing Assessment Sheets |
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SER 33 Tips for Success in Timed Writing Exercises |
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Segment 1 Words Make Music |
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An introduction to linguistics |
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Segment 2 Words Have Histories |
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An introduction to etymology Reproducibles/Media |
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WTR 1 You Know More German Than you Think |
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WTR 1A You Know More German than you Think (Key) |
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WTR 2 The Etymologies of Words |
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Segment 3 Words Do Different Jobs |
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An introduction to the parts of speech |
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WTR 3 The Parts Of Speech: Nouns |
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211 | (1) |
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WTR 4 The Parts of Speech: Proper Nouns |
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212 | (1) |
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WTR 5 The Parts of Speech: Verbs |
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213 | (2) |
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Segment 4 Words Belong to Families |
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An introduction to roots, prefixes, and suffixes |
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WTR 6 Vocabulary Worksheet |
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Segment 5 Words Shape Identity |
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221 | (3) |
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A unit on the meanings of names |
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224 | (2) |
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WTR 9 Where Surnames Come From |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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WTR 12 The Namesake Project |
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229 | (1) |
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WTR 12A So, What About You? (on the back of WTR 12) |
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