This book includes a collection of station-based activities to provide students with opportunities to practice and apply the English/Language Arts skills and concepts they are learning. It contains five sets of activities for each of four strands: Comprehension and Interpretation; Making Connections and Evaluation; Composing; and Grammar and Language Usage.

• The Comprehension and Interpretation activities explore: pre-reading strategies, finding information in a text, reading strategies, reading for meaning and story elements.

• The Making Connections and Evaluation activities explore: non-print texts, poetry, figurative

language, imagery and symbolism and connections between texts.

• The Composing activities explore: prewriting, types of writing, revising writing, proofreading and using reference materials.

• The Grammar and Language Usage activities explore: parts of speech, sentences and capitalization and punctuation.

Use these activities in addition to direct instruction lessons or instead of direct instruction in areas where students grasp the basic concepts but need practice. The debriefing discussions after each set of activities provide an important opportunity to help students reflect on their experiences and synthesize their thinking. They also provide an additional opportunity for ongoing, informal assessment to inform instructional planning.