Ages:9-14
Grades:4-9

These ready-to-use lessons give your upper elementary and junior high students the practice they need to master language in six skill areas.

The 100% Series boost language performance with:

• a broad scope of skills
• hierarchy of activities
• hefty amounts of practice

100% Language–Intermediatehelps students understand and use language more effectively. The 170 one-page lessons help students learn to apply language skills to the classroom. Lessons are organized into six language skill areas. Each skill area consists of 24 one-page activities with teaching suggestions, a progress chart, and a family letter.

• SequencingLearn the vocabulary of sequencing and understand time concepts. Improve patterning, following directions, and the sequencing of stories and events.
• Cause & EffectUnderstand the cause/effect relationship and the consequences of their actions on themselves and others. Identify the chain of events that might occur so better decisions are made.
• Problem SolvingUse language skills to identify, understand, solve, and avoid problems. Activities are provided with and without picture supports.
• OpinionsDifferentiate fact from opinion. Practice expressing opinions, preferences, and ideas. The activities require verbal and written responses.
• InferencingApply prior knowledge to new information based on what is seen and heard, and make a reasonable deduction. Activities are provided with and without picture supports.
• ParaphrasingStudents restate information in their own words. They begin by using synonyms and progress to restating information in phrases, sentences, and directions.
• Answer Key

To see more of this product's contents:

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Sample Pages
• About the Author

183 pages • 8.5 x 11 • softcover • ©2004