Writing- Framing Your Thoughts

Writing- Framing Your Thoughts

OVERVIEW-Project Read by Pat Rakovic MA

CCC/SLP,CAGS

Project ReadProject Read

• Project Read©/Language Circle© is a research based mainstream language arts program for students who need a systematic learning experience with direct teaching of concepts and skills through multisensory techniques

Project ReadProject Read

– Differentiation of instruction•Color coded•Auditory:Saying for each part of speech

•Visual symbol•Tactile symbol•Kinesthetic

What do you do when you have a What do you do when you have a great photogreat photo

What do you do when you have a What do you do when you have a great photogreat photo

A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with

a stop sign.

Literature that teaches PunctuationLiterature that teaches PunctuationLiterature that teaches PunctuationLiterature that teaches Punctuation

ActivityActivityActivityActivity

• Draw a sentence frame on your Draw a sentence frame on your paper ( board).paper ( board).

• Say it as you draw it.Say it as you draw it.

A noun is a word that names the person, place, thing, idea and animal

John

Dog

Cars

Discovering the SubjectsDiscovering the Subjects

• The use of visuals to teach nouns• TASK

– Use your camera to find subjects in the pictures.

– Think about what story you might be able to tell with that particular subject.

Subject line or blue card/sticky note

GameGameGameGame

• Say the noun poemSay the noun poem• Lets think of all the nouns that areLets think of all the nouns that are

– PeoplePeople– PlacesPlaces– ThingsThings– AnimalsAnimals

• You need to listen to your You need to listen to your classmates you can’t repeat what classmates you can’t repeat what they saythey say

Books about NounsBooks about NounsBooks about NounsBooks about Nouns

The action of thesubject is called the predicate.

The action can be physical (doing) or mental (thinking or being).

paints

runs

crash

Predicate

VerbsVerbs

• Verbs can be mental/physical it is what you do.– TEACH

• Activity: Just call out verbs that could be used for these pictures.

Books about VerbsBooks about VerbsBooks about VerbsBooks about Verbs

Bare Bone Sentences

A sentence only needs a subject wordplus a predicate wordpredicate word

to equal a complete thought.

Sentence Formula

Cars crash.

John paints. The dog runs.

Cars crash.

ActivityActivityActivityActivity

• Use student’s names to make Use student’s names to make some barebone sentencessome barebone sentences– Mary yodelsMary yodels– Extra points for novel verbsExtra points for novel verbs

A predicate expander expands the predicate by answering the questions

where, how, when, and why.

Where How When Why

Predicate ExpandersPredicate ExpandersPredicate ExpandersPredicate Expanders

• Each Triangle or Predicate Each Triangle or Predicate Expander Type would be taught Expander Type would be taught separately.separately.

• The categories answer the The categories answer the questionsquestions– WhereWhere– HowHow– When When – WhyWhy

Predicate ExpandersPredicate ExpandersPredicate ExpandersPredicate Expanders

• Predicate Expanders are taught after the subject and verb because they are what adds substance to the sentence.

• Note that the predicate was marked by four mountains, each of these mountains represent a category of expanders

CarsWhere

on the busy freeway.crash

CarsHow

loudly.crash

CarsWhen

during rush hour.

crash

CarsWhy

because of the rain.

crash

ActivityActivityActivityActivity

• Write a sentence using a subject Write a sentence using a subject descriptor.descriptor.

• Diagram the sentence.Diagram the sentence.• Did you use any triangles?Did you use any triangles?

Looks like/Physical

Behavior/ Personality

Numbers Ownership Set Apart

Subject Describers describe or tell more about the subject.

Subject DescriptorsSubject DescriptorsSubject DescriptorsSubject Descriptors

• Looks/Physical CharacteristicsLooks/Physical Characteristics– Shape, size, color, texture, taste, Shape, size, color, texture, taste,

smellsmell• Behavior/personalityBehavior/personality• NumberNumber• OwnershipOwnership• Set ApartSet Apart

– Sets the subject apartSets the subject apart• The cup, on the desk, fell down.The cup, on the desk, fell down.

The dog runs.

dogruns.The big

dogruns.The playful

dogs run.Three

dog runs.Bob’s

runs.The dog with the red collar

lllJoins words, phrases, and

sentences.

Cars crash.

and

lll The red green carscrash

.

Sentence MobilitySentence MobilitySentence MobilitySentence Mobility

• Write a sentence having at least one Write a sentence having at least one predicate expander.predicate expander.

• Diagram it.Diagram it.• Take the sentence and move the Take the sentence and move the

predicate expander to another place in predicate expander to another place in the sentence.the sentence.

Diagramming SentencesDiagramming SentencesDiagramming SentencesDiagramming Sentences

• First put the sentence frame First put the sentence frame around each sentence. Alternate around each sentence. Alternate colors for each sentence.colors for each sentence.

• Then put the symbols around the Then put the symbols around the words.words.

• Do you see a pattern ?Do you see a pattern ?• If you see a pattern try to change If you see a pattern try to change

it.it.