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Worldly Words: Systems of Language Student Literature Workbook
Author(s): COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 128
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Have you ever wondered about the letters and words we use in talking and writing? What did people do before there were letters? Why are there only 26 letters in English? Often you are unaware that your questions drive your curiosity and exploration into language and communication. In this unit, your job is to decipher (figure out) the patterns, similarities, and differences of letters, word families and origins, sounds, and languages. Why are there so many languages in our world? Human language is unique and may help you to think in a different way as you explore the amazing variety of languages of the world around you.
The Student Literature Workbook includes student activity pages that support lessons and each unit’s short stories and poems. The workbook engages students in exploring carefully selected, challenging works of literature from various times, cultures, and genres. They include:
- Letter to Student
- Model Overview
- Glossary of Literary Terms
- Vocabulary List
- Short Stories
- Poems
- Activity Pages
- Letter to Student
- Glossary of Literary Terms
- Models
- Activity Pages, Short Stories, and Readings
- Lesson 1: Introduction and Preassessment
- Lesson 2: The Concept of Systems
- Lesson 3: Language and Systems
- Lesson 4: Nouns and Verbs
- Lesson 5: Adjectives and Adverts: The Modifiers
- Lesson 6: Figures of Speech: Rhyming
- Lesson 7: Conjunctions, Interjections, and Prepositions. Oh My!
- Lesson 8: Alliteration
- Lesson 9: Onomatopoeia
- Lesson 10: Sounds of the Alphabet
- Lesson 11: Sounds in Other Languages
- Lesson 12: Persuasive Writing
- Lesson 13: Synonyms and Antonyms
- Lesson 14: Similes
- Lesson 15: For the “Pun” of It
- Lesson 16: Create Your Own Secret Language
- Lesson 17: Closure and Postassessments
- Grammar Study
- Student Linguist’s Field Journal
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
The Center for Gifted Education (CFGE) at William & Mary University (College of William & Mary), is a research and development center providing services to educators, policy makers, graduate students, researchers, and parents in support of the needs of gifted and talented individuals. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the CFGE has established an international reputation for excellence in research, curriculum development, and service. Several major grants, including funding from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, have provided significant support for the work of the Center. In 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded CFGE the funds needed for a summer residential camp for low income, high-ability children, for four consecutive years. In 2015, William & Mary alumni, Mike and Nancy Petters, through the Petters Family Foundation, provided additional financial support to the program. In 2016, the Petters Family Foundation has committed to fully fund the program for the next four years. Camp Launch is only the beginning of the Center for Gifted Education’s goal to bring educational equality to all gifted students.