Seven dirty words

one another. Lastly, we would move into skills block. This week, we were working on word families. Each day, I created an anchor chart and called on students to think of words with the current sound of the word family (at, am, an, ap). After we gathered 6-10 words on our anchor chart, I asked them to sit at their desks and I passed out a workshop for them to complete that corresponded with the current word family that we were working on. I would give them about 15 minutes or so to work on…

strengths and weaknesses, develop a language profile of the child, determine concerns, and helps determine next steps. Through assessments the clinician can gather specific language details such as Amelia’s receptive and expressive language, word/sound productions, word combinations, and play skills. Amelia’s assessment (a) will include a standardized test (direct interaction with the child), a language sample, parent questionnaires (direct interaction with parents), and observations at home or…

may have a slight difference in meaning, but they all go back to one concrete word. For example, the word mentioned previously,” Nui” is a Hawaiian word and its meaning is “big great, grand, important.” According to, the Webster Dictionary significant means, “Large enough to be noticed or have an effect.” In my own definition, I consider it to be “of worth and have great impact.” There holds much power to this simple word; it can change something or someone with its use. We can see significance…

in four main segments and explaining each. How to be concise, be precise, be direct, and stress emphasis. Be concise: To be concise is to write only the words that meet your purpose of writing and the needs of your audience to understand the purpose. That every word in a sentence is necessary in it place. I found many unnecessary used words through my paper. For example, in this sentence I don’t need “on the other hand”. This…

episodes of the A Way With Words radio show, I would like to add some new vocabulary to my language repertoire. One episode in particular, “XYZ PDQ”, peaked my interest, probably because every word and phrase examined in that episode is a word or phrase that I would like to start using. Now, you are probably wondering what on earth this cool radio show is even about. Let me tell you, this radio show answers questions from a all levels of English speakers about what certain words or phrases are…

and Meaningless words. Dying Metaphors are prefabricated metaphors that have been used many times in many different contexts. It can also be metaphors that have been switched from their original meaning without the person using them even knowing. An example given by Orwell of such is the phrase “toe the line” is sometimes written as “tow the line”. Operators or verbal false limbs is defined by Orwell as…

speech that readers and listeners can easily connect to. Besides its heartfelt and promising content, Dr. King’s use of vivid metaphors, influential repetition of words and phrases, and placement of strong verbs construct…

indicating a missing letter in some location of the word. Show students a concrete object and provide the name of the object. Let students select the correct letter card that will spell the word of the object shown. • Play stretch and snap. Teach students to s—tr—e—t—ch a word out by its sounds and then to snap the word back together to aide them in oral recognition of the word. Frequent practice of this technique will help students identify words that stump them while reading. Teacher may use…

meanings, N. Chomsky (1996) defined it as a group of sentences which fixed in length and buildup of limited set of parts .other scholars such as E. Sapir (1921), R.A Hall (1968), R.H Robins (1979), have defined it as a system of communication based upon words and sentences, through language people are able to exchange their knowledge, opinions, felling and so on. All these definitions showed clearly that the aim of language is communication which can’t be separated from…

the meanings of words and groups of words (Denham and Lobeck, 2013). 1. SEMANTIC FIELDS AND HYPONYYM Semantic fields are classifications of words associated with their meanings (Denham & Lobeck, 2013). Since we are analyzing 2 different car advertisements, so the semantic field could possibly be CARS’ BRAND NAME. Under the field, we have two hyponyms which are Renault and Toyota. A hyponym is a word whose meaning is included, or entailed, in the meaning of a more general word (Denham &…