Linguistic Patterns - Functions & Forms - Examples
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LA US D Ele me ntar y Lan gua ge Ar ts
La n gu ag e FUN CT IO N S & FO R M S – Pl a nn in g f or La n gu a ge Go al s
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INGUISTIC
ATTERNS
FUNCTIONS
FORMS
XAMPLES
Function
Beginning Level
Advanced Level
(skill)
What (where, who) is ___
How did the ___ _____ when
I wonder why ___ would ___?
How would a ____ if ______
Asking-Answering
____?
___ ____?
but ____?
was ____?
Questions
Classify Categorize
There are ___ types of ____.
___, ___, and ___ all have
Both ___ and ___ could be
Because ___ have ___, we
____.
classified as ___.
should categorize them as ___.
Tree Map
A ___ has ___.
They both have ___ but ___ has
A ___ is ___ compared to a
The way they are both alike is
Compare &
___.
___.
that they both are/have ___, but
Contrast
A ___ is ___. ____ is a ____.
what’s different is that they
A ___ is ___-er than a ___.
___ and ___ are similar
are/have ___.
because they both ___.
___ is ___, but ___ is ___.
There are several major
They are both ___.
They are different because ___
differences between ___ and
Double Bubble
___ and ___ ___.
___. The most notable is ___.
Describing Actions
What is ___ doing?
Why did they ___?
How did the ___ ____?
What caused the ___ to ___?
What is happening to the ___?
How does the ___ ___?
Why didn’t the ___ ___?
Bubble or Tree
Describing
At first ___ is/are ___.
At the beginning of the story he
When the story begins, she is
Initially, she is/has ___.
___. Then he learns ___ (or
___.
Characters
She/he is (not) ___.
As a result of ___, she __.
changes) when ___.
As a result of ___ she ___.
Then, she/he is ___.
Eventually, she ___.
Bubble or Tree
At the end, he ___.
By the end of the story she ___.
Describing Setting
The setting is ___.
The setting of the story is ___. It
The story takes place in ___
The story takes place during the
is ___ and ___.
around ___. This setting is
___. ___ can be described as
(time, place)
The time is ___.
significant because ___.
___. This setting is significant
The time is ___. This is
Bubble
because ___.
important because ___
Distinguish Fact &
I like ___.
I think ___ because ___.
In my opinion, ___ because
According to ___, ___.
Opinion
___. The word ___ is evidence
___ is a ___.
This is a(n) ___ because we
This is a ___ because it
that ___ is a(n) ___.
Tree Map
can/cannot prove ___.
can/cannot be proven.
It is a ___.
Source: A FOCUSED APPROACH to Frontloading English Language Instruction (Susana Dutro) – Section 4
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