Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

○​ Declarative statements to provide objective, factual information ○​ Technical word choices to add precise and descriptive information without evaluative language (the effects versus devastating effects)

Source: WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition

Essential Vocabulary

Morphemes/Roots

●​ Argument ●​ Influence ●​ Supporting Evidence ●​ Credible Sources ●​ Claim ●​ Counterclaim/Opposing Claims ●​ Introduction

●​ Conclusion ●​ Thesis

●​ phon/phone sco/scope and micro/macro ●​ graph/gram, photo and tele/meter ●​ path/psych and pan, zoo/zo ●​ chron and phobia ●​ Review all roots and Roots Quiz ●​ Prefixes intro and re-, un-

●​ Topic sentence ●​ Transition Phrase ●​ Credible Sources

●​ Connotation ●​ Denotation ●​ Figurative ●​ Literal

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