https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p en-us 2018-01-04 23:03:08 UTC 2019-05-06 17:44:33 UTC hello@padlet.com smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357219001 Nouns can have modifiers that come before (or premodify) them in the NP, such as adjectives, as in “I heard a new song.” Nouns can also have modifiers that follow them (or postmodify), as in “The song playing on the radio is new.”]]> 2019-05-06 14:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357219001 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357220118 a reliable way to tell how many clauses are in a sentence is to count the verbs,]]> 2019-05-06 15:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357220118 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357221308 Students with a history of language disorders will be among the most likely to experience syntactic problems in reading and writing]]> 2019-05-06 15:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357221308 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357222107 it can be puzzling to sort out language problems at the sentence level from those more related to other aspects of language, such as vocabulary, problems related to general knowledge, problems drawing inferences, decoding, or fluency (This is similar to the quote in the third column, "complexity of the issue")]]> 2019-05-06 15:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357222107 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357223296 asking a student to paraphrase periodically ]]> 2019-05-06 15:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357223296 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357223538 strategic placement of comprehension questions after complex, later-developing sentence types (instead of after reading)]]> 2019-05-06 15:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357223538 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293182 How important is it to teach grammatical terms (parts of speech, etc)? Is it helpful, or could it be a hindrance? ]]> 2019-05-06 17:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293182 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293535 The prevalence of noun phrases in science articles is an interesting thing we might even explicitly tell students about at a certain point (G4 or 5?)]]> 2019-05-06 17:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293535 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293614 2019-05-06 17:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293614 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293728 2019-05-06 17:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293728 eungaro https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293753 The article made a link between students oral language ability and their ability to comprehend complex sentences. I remember an oral language assessment that was used in a k-2 program that I worked on and wonder about something like that at the younger grades. ]]> 2019-05-06 17:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293753 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293893 How do we get this to transfer? How can we get students to set up a routine? How can we activate students' metacognition about SL comp?]]> 2019-05-06 17:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293893 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293976 Think about the order of the types of questions asked (sentence-level before larger comprehension).]]> 2019-05-06 17:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293976 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293995 How can we identify which students struggle with language processing/sentence level complexity to target the right population?]]> 2019-05-06 17:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357293995 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294119 Sentence combining and paraphrasing might be interesting for assessment too. (As in, which restatement of the complex sentence retains its meaning?)
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In other words, is there harm in asking questions like this up-front, even though some students may not have had difficulty comprehending the sentence?]]> 2019-05-06 17:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294272 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294334 2019-05-06 17:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294334 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294403 How important is dipping into students understanding of an entire passage is it. For assessment, could we just have standalone items with, say, a paragraph as the text to unpack.]]> 2019-05-06 17:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294403 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294506 2019-05-06 17:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294506 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294515 2019-05-06 17:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294515 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294578 grammatical terms beyond baiscs (noun, verb) can be so intimidating & confusing. Which terms do we want to use? When can we forego terms in favor of just giving tasks (paraphrase, recombine) or asking questions?]]> 2019-05-06 17:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294578 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294723 When main clause, subject/verb is delayed, embedded in a sentence (coming after an introductory clause)]]> 2019-05-06 17:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294723 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294837 Quote: "Because students must bring to bear multiple processes, skills, and knowledge as they meet academic challenges, it can be puzzling to sort out language problems at the sentence level from those more related to other aspects of language, such as vocabulary (especially multiple meaning words and, of course, unfamiliar words and concepts), problems related to general knowledge (as when comprehension depends in part on prior experience with content), problems drawing inferences, decoding (misunderstanding when words are skipped or misread), or fluency (as when reading takes so long a student does not remember the content well)."]]> 2019-05-06 17:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294837 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294908 Unexpected, "non-traditional" word order (English being an SVO—subject, verb, object) language, which is why passive tense is so hard ]]> 2019-05-06 17:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294908 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294958 noun phrases and subordination affect sentence length & complexity. Impt to recognize for writers of commissioned texts]]> 2019-05-06 17:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294958 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294990 2019-05-06 17:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357294990 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357295004 The article discussed sentence combining...But that almost felt backwards to me, and maybe more relevant to writing than reading. There is also the practice of sentence destructing--breaking a complex sentence into multiple simple sentences. ]]> 2019-05-06 17:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357295004 eungaro https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357295140 I like the idea of having questions that are directed at the sentence comprehension for each article. I could see that be part of a formative assessment. ]]> 2019-05-06 17:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357295140 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357295233 A lot of verbs—count the verbs, a quick way to gauge complexity]]> 2019-05-06 17:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357295233 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357295424 If students and even writers/editors don't know the grammatical terms, what prereqs do they need in order to make instruction valuable?]]> 2019-05-06 17:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357295424 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357301369 Should we do it in instruction, in service of supporting reading comprehension, and/or in assessment, to identify specific reading challenges? Or to support students' writing?]]> 2019-05-06 17:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357301369 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357301440 2019-05-06 17:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357301440 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357302002 For all students, or for struggling students only? For k-2 (or too hard)? 3-5? 6-8? ]]> 2019-05-06 17:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357302002 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357303769 Challenging students to find a "juicy sentence" for instruction/to dig into after reading.]]> 2019-05-06 17:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357303769 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357304938 Is SL work too intrusive in the context of reading? It takes a long time to do!]]> 2019-05-06 17:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357304938 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357305269 How much context do you need to be able to parse a sentence? the sentence alone? the sentence in the context of the paragraph?]]> 2019-05-06 17:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357305269 smehegan https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357306362 Should you only do it in service of comprehension of a complete text? ]]> 2019-05-06 17:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357306362 https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357307017 2019-05-06 17:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/smehegan/zq7tji0l783p/wish/357307017