Linguistic Patterns - Functions & Forms - Examples Page 3
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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
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FUNCTIONS
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Function
Beginning Level
Advanced Level
(skill)
Comprehension Skills – Teachers prompts and student patterns/stems
Summarize
___ is ___.
___ is ___, and the result is ___.
In short, ___, but actually ____.
Therefore, ____, because ___.
___ make/makes ___.
___ ___, and then ___.
To conclude, _____.
Consequently, ___.
In summary, _____.
Flow or Tree
It was ___.
I predicted that ___.
Now I see that my prediction
Earlier I predicted ___.
Predict – Confirm
was (not) confirmed because
Prediction
I thought ___.
I found out that ___.
I see that my prediction was
___.
(not) confirmed.
Yes, she ___. No, they
Now I think ___.
Multi-flow
___.
What is ___?
How many sentences do I write in my
What would be a good first sentence for my paragraph? What
Ask Clarifying
paragraph? What should I add? What
would you suggest that I add?
Questions
Where?
is missing?
What does it mean when the author writes ___?
Where is it?
What is the difference between ___
I understand ____, but why ____?
What is ___ for?
and ___?
I don’t understand how they ___.
Where can I find it?
I know ___, but I wonder what ___ means.
Will you show me where ___ is?
I don’t understand how/why ____ ____.
What does ___ mean?
The author says “I”.
The author uses “I” and “we”. That means it’s in
The author uses “I”, “my”, “our”, and “we” – so I can tell it
Identify Author’s
first person.
is written in the first person.
Point of View
Who is telling the story?
The author is part of the action, so it’s first person.
It’s like the author is telling a story that happened
It says “he.” It is third
(Teacher prompts)
to him. So it is first person.
person.
The author refers to the main character as “she” and is
The author tells the story like she is watching it
watching what is happening. This means it’s written in
happen. This means it is third person.
the third person.
Making
I felt ___.
___ reminds me of ___.
I have a connection here. I know ____.
Connections
It was just like ____.
This selection makes me realize ___, and the
Even though I’ve never experienced ___, I think it might
other one made me realize ___.
be similar to ___.
Source: A FOCUSED APPROACH to Frontloading English Language Instruction (Susana Dutro) – Section 4
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