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English Language Development — Grade 8

Goal 4. Writing — Intermediate Low

Goal 4. Writing

The learner will communicate in appropriate written English in a variety of personal, social, and academic contexts.

Level: Intermediate Low

Students will begin to use limited vocabulary to participate in discussions on familiar topics spoken at normal speed with periods of momentary silence. In addition, they may use forms of non-verbal communication to demonstrate comprehension. Learning objectives focus on identifying key details from oral presentations, differentiating between minimal pairs, developing an awareness of language conventions, participating in guided discussions, retelling, participating in short oral presentations on academic topics, identifying figurative and idiomatic language in text, increasing reading fluency, producing simple paragraphs, and writing simple responses to content area texts

Objective IL 4.01
Begin to take simple notes from dictation on familiar topics.
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Objective IL 4.02
Demonstrate such control of basic sentence construction and use of standard conventions as spelling rules and subject verb agreement with assistance.
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Objective IL 4.03
Write in present, past, and future tenses with some errors that don't interfere with meaning.
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Objective IL 4.04
Produce simple paragraphs using common language structures that may have some errors with assistance (e.g., personal letters, brief journal entries, short reports on familiar topics).
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Objective IL 4.05
Produce simple written responses to content area texts appropriate in difficulty for proficiency level, using reference material with assistance.
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