1. Language Enrichment II Turnaround Training
Jason Galvan – Oliveira TLI
(Resources taken from the Neuhaus Education Center)

2. What is literacy?
“An individual’s ability to read, write, and speak in English, compute, and solve problems, at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in the family of the individual, and in society.”
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Section Retrieved from (July 22, 2010)

3. What is reading?
Translating symbols on paper into words, and attaching meaning to those words.

4. Breakdown of Reading

5. Findings – National Reading Panel
These skills must be honed for students to read effectively.
Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension

6. English Language Learners
Effective Strategies
A focus on oral language development building on students’ background knowledge
Cooperative Learning
Explicit Instruction in the elements of English literacy
Differentiated Instruction
The use of graphic organizers as a comprehension strategy
A focus on academic language

7. The Importance of Academic Language or Terminology
Provide explanations to older, struggling readers
Meaningful discussions require the use of academic language and terms by both teachers and students.
Using academic language and terms consistently and often is beneficial.

8. Terms
Phonological Awareness – the broad understanding of the sound structure of spoken language.
Phoneme – the smallest unit of spoken language that makes a difference in the meaning of words.
Phonemic Awareness – the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes in spoken language.

9. Academic Language
Base Word – A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.
Prefix – A letter or group of letters attached to the beginning of a base word, root, or combining form to change its meaning.
Suffix – A letter or group of letters attached to the end of a base word, root, or combining form to change its form, use, tense, or meaning.
Derivative – A base word, root, or combining form plus a prefix and/or suffix.

10. Academic Language Morphemes: meaning units of language
Prefix, suffix, root, combining form
“instructor” has 3 morphemes
“photographic” has 3 morphemes
The ability to instantly recognize roots and combining forms gives students a ready strategy for decoding longer words and insight into the meanings of the words.

11. Layers of English

12. Layers of English – Anglo Saxon
Numbers
Farming
Forest
Fishing
Outer body parts
Basic colors

13. Layers of English - Latin
Law
Words ending in –sion
Words with double consonants at the beginning
Words with (ci) pronounced as (sw)
Words with -ct

14. Layers of English - Greek
Art
Philosophy
Theatre
Science
Education
Words connected to the Olympic Games, or mythology
(ph), (gi), (ch)

15. Affixes
Prefixes: in- re- un- dis- mis- pro- Suffixes: -s -ed -ing -er -est -less -ness -y

16. Introducing Roots, Prefixes, or Suffixes
Guided Discovery Teaching
Read discovery words; students repeat
Identify the common sounds
Write discovery words
Identify the common letters
Identify the properties of the prefix or suffix
Review new information

17. Suffix in detail
Helpful
Thankful
Careful
Joyful
Restful

18. Links http://neuhaus.org/decks