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Conventions

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Accepted practises in spoken or written language, such as rules for grammar and language; "mechanics" in/of writing.

Reading strategies

Language; General language

Mental strategies used by readers to help them make sense of what they read. Some strategies enable readers to determine the exact word (decoding or word identification); others enable them to ...

Reading-like behaviour

Language; General language

A developmental behaviour observed in young children who are not yet reading. Children imitate reading a storey they have heard many times. They recreate the text from memory or with the help of ...

Profundity scale

Language; General language

A theoretical construct to guide students' thinking. The scale was devised to aid readers in determining and evaluating the profundity of authors' themes. The scale consists of five levels or ...

Retelling

Language; General language

A strategy in which a student retells or writes the action of a storey in his or her own words. Retelling can take many forms and be used for different purposes, such as recalling the sequence of ...

Rubric

Language; General language

An established and written-down set of criteria for scoring or rating students' work on tests portfolios, writing samples, or other performance tasks; also known as "scoring guides. "