Use sentence manipulation, sentence combining, sentence expanding, semantic feature analysis, and semantic mapping¶

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Description¶

The review reports Barnitz's (1997) concrete recommendations for applying theory to classroom practice. Barnitz "suggests sentence manipulation, sentence combining, and sentence expanding to help students construct and understand meaning from syntactic input", and lists "semantic feature analysis and semantic mapping" as strategies for new vocabulary. Teachers are advised to let metacognition and awareness of linguistic diversity guide their approach and provide tools directly but not in an isolated fashion.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers should let their metacognition and awareness of linguistic diversity guide their approach.

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• elementary school students
• linguistically diverse students

Target Learning Goals¶

• constructing meaning from syntactic input
• vocabulary learning

Related Strategies¶

• Manipulatives: Sentence Construction
• Manipulatives: Sentence Combining

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Fenton, Rebecca. (1998). Semantics and Syntax: Context Clues in Reading for Young Children. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED424564