General language

General language

Use this category for general terms related to languages.

Contributors in General language

General language

The teacher works with a small homogeneous group of students, guiding them through a selected text and helping them develop and practice reading strategies. In guided reading, the text is carefully ...

idea and theme connections

Language; General language

The comparison, contrasting, and connection of content, characters, ideas, and themes across text.

inferential questions

Language; General language

Questions which are based on the theme, key concepts, and major ideas of the reading passage. These questions often require the reader to interpret information from across parts of a text and to ...

implicit questions

Language; General language

Questions which are based on the theme, key concepts, and major ideas of the reading passage. These questions often require the reader to interpret information from across parts of a text and to ...

invented spelling

Language; General language

A predictable pattern of children’s spelling that progresses through developmental stages. In invented spelling, students use their personal logic, knowledge of phonics, and print conventions to ...

jargon

Language; General language

A specialized vocabulary of those in the same work or profession; redundant or wordy writing.

language pattern

Language; General language

The systematic arrangement of elements of a language based on their regularities and predictable qualities, as the way morphemes are grouped into words in English or the way pitch indicates meaning ...