OPIE D202 - Elementary Reading/Writing

• In a written text, student recognizes transition words (chronological, spatial, example, cause/effect, general to specific) and can identify basic cohesive devices (pronoun reference, articles, coordinators , etc.)
• Student can read and report on a book from the OPIE leisure reading collection (selected from levels 1 - 3) in Alden Library.
• Student demonstrates understanding of the meaning of practiced vocabulary, uses word analysis together with context clues to determine meaning, and uses photo and beginner English-English learner’s dictionaries to find meanings of unfamiliar words.
• Student follows main and supporting ideas in a target passage by answering questions (Y/N, WH, T/F), recalling / retelling content, recalling facts, and resequencing information.
• Student uses learned target structures and vocabulary to create sentences which express his/her own ideas about familiar topics and topics grounded in personal experience.
• Student uses learned target structures and vocabulary to ask and answer information questions.
• Student uses learned target structures and vocabulary to meet a variety of practical writing need, e.g. taking brief messages, completing forms, and writing short, simple letters. Student writes statements and questions related to class readings.
• Students comprehends basic organizational patterns of a text indicated by learned transition words (chronological, spatial, example, cause/effect) and understands relationships indicated by basic cohesive devices (pronouns, logical connectors, etc.)
• With assistance, student edits his/her own writing for learned target structures and vocabulary.
• With guidance and feedback student writes a simple paragraph (100 - 125 words) on familiar topics in the following rhetorical modes: 1. Description 2. Narration.