Engaging Language Kit 1 Sample

Sequential Spelling

Lesson: _____

SPELLING

Day 1

(15 min.)

Sequential Spelling

Lesson: _____

SPELLING

Day 2

(15 min.) READING

Sequential Spelling

Lesson: _____

SPELLING

Day 3

(15 min.)

Sequential Spelling

Lesson: _____

SPELLING

Day 4

(15 min.) READING

Sequential Spelling

Lesson: _____

SPELLING

Day 5

(15 min.)

Sequential Spelling

Lesson: _____

SPELLING

Day 6

Lesson: _____

(15 min.) READING

Sequential Spelling

Lesson: _____

SPELLING

Day 7

The AVKO Sample Weekly Planner

(15 min.) READING

EXERCISE

Page(s): _______

Lesson: _____

TYPING

EXERCISE

(15 min.)

Readings for Fluency

Lesson: _____ Readings for Fluency

EXERCISE

(15 min.)

EXERCISE

DICTATION

Lesson: _____ Readings for Fluency

DICTATION

EXERCISE (15 min.)

Page(s): ______

(6-8 sent.)

Word Families in Sentence Context

EXERCISE

(6-8 sent.)

Word Families in Sentence Context

TYPING

(6-8 sent.) TYPING

Lesson: _____

FREE WRITE

Word Families in Sentence Context

Page(s): ______

DICTATION

Lesson: _____ Readings for Fluency

(15 min.)

EXERCISE

TYPING

FREE WRITE

Individualized Keyboarding

Lesson: _____

Individualized Keyboarding

FREE WRITE

Individualized Keyboarding

Lesson: _____ Individualized Keyboarding

(15 min., 3X/day)

HANDWRITING

Lesson: _____

WORD GAMES (10 min.) See AVKO.org

FREE WRITE

(15 min., 3X / day) HANDWRITING

FREE WRITE

(15 min., 3X/day) HANDWRITING

Lesson: _____

(15 min.)

Let’s Write Right

Lesson: _____

Let’s Write Right

PLEASURE READ

Let’s Write Right

COMPREHENSION

(10 min.) See AVKO.org

(15 min.) PLEASURE READ

(15 min.) PLEASURE READ

WORD GAMES (10 min.) See AVKO.org

FREE WRITE

(15 min., 3X/day) FREE WRITE COMPREHENSION

(10 min.) See AVKO.org

Remember that frequent, short study sessions and lessons are much more effective than fewer, lengthy sessions. See AVKO.org for Readings for Comprehension Exercises.

Inspire Me Take a few moments to study the picture below. Think about all of the things that it reminds you of. What is the picture? What could it represent? Take a minute or two to list the things that come to mind when you look at the picture. Pictures are only one small moment in time – but you are now going to write a story about what is happening, what happened before the picture was taken, and what will happen now. Write for at least ten minutes on a separate sheet of paper.

My Ideas

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QUOTABLES: Read the quote below and take a few moments to think about it. To whom do you think the person was speaking? What do you think about the quote? Use the space below to write your response(s) and continue on another sheet if necessary. Continue writing for at least five minutes. A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. –Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Directions: Create a short story of at least a paragraph using all of the words below. Be creative. You could choose to write a poem instead of a story.

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Teacher Instructions: Read each of the following proverbs to your student for dictation. Show him the correct spelling, and have him correct his own mistakes. Ask if he knows and understands the meaning of each, and have him explain them to you. Have a conversation about each proverb: Do you agree with it? Is it good advice? Are there exceptions? 1. A man can die just once.

2. Bad news travels fast.

3. Boys will be boys.

4. Don't cry over spilt milk.

5. Easy come, easy go.

Teacher’s Notes:

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Picture This! Draw a picture to represent each English Idiom listed below – make it silly or serious, but make the picture memorable! You can represent the figurative or literal meaning. Look up the definition if you don’t know what it means.

(Don’t) throw a game

(She’s) sicker than a dog

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Directions: List as many words as you can that have the following letters (in order) contained in them. How many can you name in 5 minutes? Look up all of the other words in that word family in The Patterns of English Spelling when the five minutes are up.

ins

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Scramblers Directions: Make as many words as you can using the letters in the word given below. You do not need to use all of the letters in the word given for your answers. How many can you make?

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Sequential Spelling 1, Eval 1 O T S T G N A E L N O O D I M S G S L E T O P I F

N G R F I L N M I A G F N F F E P E N D A L S L D

F E S E W I S I O E S E F T O L E T P E O S A S L

L V G P E A T T T N S I R P I R T P T B U T O R N

T N B T T S W E P M T L H T D O G T P P L S S I I

N I G E L P S T R I I G T I L I L O P L F I E T I

R I O F G D T T D O P I I P N W U E T S N R I S F

R I A S E I U D G L N N O T S E R E S R H I T L D

L D T T W I N I O G I P S N T S I W G E I O I H E

E E L E T I U N L S I W O W T U T I A I V R U E F

E T F U S N N O I I S S E S W I T A R T S O T T W

V T A E O P S N G N S R E M N T O I I T S R H I S

T S O N O W U O E U G P E E T E T R D S G G O S T

T O P E E E S G E R I F I R T N T W I T F D E I R

T E T I E N N F R S U E R U I W E S I S F S R L L

T N F E E I O P G T W W T N I W B T E E T E R U T

I S T T L L D L S R D T M I R H L D O U L F D P T

R S O O D E S M O R S E G U D I E H N O T N E H T

U R O I N N F E T R P S U E E T N L R S E T T G T

E F N N I F O W E F O I P I T I R L S P E S A E T

N G A A R L I T N N R E I I N D N U H N E I P I O

T L L G O N T U F A T R M N I G O N P H L V S A L

twins

beginning

trees

winner

would

shouts

suppers

ten

planned

fooling

flat

fit

flatters

splitting

folding

permitted

upset

wild

shoves

forgot

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Speech tuh Spellin’ 1 Directions: Translate these sentences from sloppy speech into correct written forms.

1.

Thairz noh such thing az uh dum pursun.

2.

Whud juh say?

3.

Ah sed, “thairz noh bud dee hooze dum.”

4.

Doh’n-t wur ree if yuh may’k sum miss takes.

5.

How’d juh lurn how duh waw’k?

6.

Did juh lurn how duh waw’k with ow’t fawl in dow’n?

7.

How’d juh lurn how duh taw’k?

8.

Dij juh lurn how duh taw’k with ow’t may’k in miss tay’k-ss?

9.

In this class yor gaw nuh lurn how duh spell uh lotta wurdz.

10. In this klass, ee vin yor tee chur is gaw nuh lurn sum thin.

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Directions: Unscramble these words.

1. nips 2. snik 3. ndienp 4. hiscn 5. eetsr 6. gaedirse 7. reesf 8. gsneigdraei 9. tuore

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Directions: Reunite the word family pattern in the word bank on the right with the words on the left. Each pattern will only be used once.

WORD BANK D___ F___ TR__ B__ J___ L__ ST__ ST___ G___ H___ L__ P__ S__ T___ BL___ CL___ H___ K___ L___ L__ M___

ACK AME ASS AST AW AY EAR EE EE ELL ET IE ILL ISH ISS IX ONE OPE OW UNE UST

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This is a page from AVKO's "Word Families in Sentence Context"

109 od rod Rod Rod’s rods gods god God God’s cod nod nods nodded nodding sodding sodded sods sod Tod Tod’s plod plods plodded plodding prodding prodded prods prod shod shoddy pod pods Rodney clod clods

My dad used to drive a hot rod to school in the sixties. My friend Rod bought himself a new fly rod. I think I’ll borrow Rod’s fly rod to go fishing. He has all kinds of fishing rods. The Greeks and Romans believed in all kinds of different gods. They had a god for everything. They even had a god for wine. Today, most Greeks and Romans believe in just one God. Does anybody know what God’s name is? The fish in fish and chips is usually the cod fish. I hope you don’t nod off to sleep. If Rod or Rodney nods his head yes, let him go. He nodded his head no and then just nodded off to sleep. Rod just sits there nodding his head. When you are sodding a lawn, remember: Green side up! Our neighbor sodded his lawn last spring. I hope my older brother sods his lawn before it’s too late. How can you put sod over cement and expect it to grow? Tod is a real close friend of mine. Have you seen Tod’s new hot rod? Some people move quickly. Others just plod along. I don’t care if Tod plods along as long as he gets there. Rod plodded his way to school through a foot of snow. Who cares if Rod or Tod is always plodding along? My teacher was always prodding me to do better. He prodded the steer with a cattle prod. Rod’s teacher prods him all the time, but not with a cattle prod. I guess you have to prod some people to get them started. Have you ever seen a horse get shod? Can you shoe a horse? Tod’s work is shoddy. In fact, it’s just plain slipshod. Tod and Rod are just like two peas in a pod. Have you ever taken peas out of their pods? Rod’s real name is Rodney O’Connell. Don’t call me a clod, you stupid klutz! Lumps of dirt are called clods. You shouldn’t call people clods.

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