Linguistic Patterns - Functions & Forms - Examples Page 4
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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
FORMS
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Function
Beginning Level
Advanced Level
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Comprehension Skills – Teachers prompts and student patterns/stems
Making Inferences
The ___ was ___.
I get ___ when I ___.
As the ____, I became ____. Therefore I think ___.
My ___ was ___.
In the story ___, but ___.
Since ____, I can infer that ____.
I think ___.
The author ___. I can infer (make an
That shows ___.
inference)…
Monitor & Clarify
I see ___.
I know that ___ means ___, so I’ll keep looking
I wonder what the writer means by the line: ____.
for clues to help me figure out what ___ means.
I think ___ means ___.
If I think about what I’ve just read and look at the
I know that ___ means ___. I think the writer
illustration, I think I can figure it out.
means ___.
Visualize
I see ___.
The image I have in my mind is _______.
As I read, I can visualize ____, and I can imagine the
sound of ____.
I can see ___.
When I read this page, I imagine seeing ______.
Who is/are ___?
I wonder what will happen if ___.
I’d like to know what would/will happen if ___.
Inquiry &
What is/are ___?
Investigation
I want to find out why ___.
Where is/are ___?
Ask Questions
Will the ___ (sink/float)?
I think ___ is going to
My idea is that ___ is going to ___.
My idea-conjecture-theory about this question or problem
Formulate ideas &
___. It is ___.
is that ___ is going to ___ because ___.
I think ___ because ___.
conjectures
I thought ___.
When I first started, I thought ___ was going to
At first I expected ___ to ___. Then I discovered ___, so
Revise conjectures based
___.
my new idea-conjecture-theory is ___.
on new information
Now I think ___.
Now I think ___.
Identify new needs, make
I learned ___.
I learned that ___, so now I think ___. I still need
I’m revising my previous conjecture because I’ve learned
new plans
to know-find out ___.
___. Based on what I found out, I still need to know ___.
Now I think ___.
Source: A FOCUSED APPROACH to Frontloading English Language Instruction (Susana Dutro) – Section 4
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