- Pragmatics - the social uses of language
- Phonology - the sound system tapped for oral language production, decoding, and spelling.
- Semantics - the meanings of words and their relationship to each other within and across sentence boundaries.
- Syntax & Morphology - the word order and complexity of clausal structures as well as the addition/omission of endings such as -ed and -ing.
- Discourse - the level of oral language or print that is beyond the level of the single sentence.
- Metalinguistics - the acquired process of manipulating language as an object rather than a means of communication.
These strands are then described further and given sub-categories. I am using the six strands themselves as my annual goals and the sub-categories as guidelines for my short-term objectives.
- Pragmatics
- eye contact
- noise
- space
- body language
- tone of voice
- feedback
- turn taking
- topic maintenance
- comments
- clarification
- Phonology
- spelling
- articulation
- phonemic awareness
- sound symbol relationships
- Semantics
- words
- multiple meanings
- experiential scripts/schema or content
- word relationships within a sentence
- cohesive devices
- figurative language
- Syntax & Morphology
- word order
- cohesive ties
- verb tense
- morphology
- Discourse
- conversation
- narrative
- exposition
- Metalinguistics
- rhyme
- perspective
- self-monitoring
- figurative language
- segmentation
- manipulation
I introduce each of these strands by reading a book or watching a video that demonstrates each one or at least an aspect of it and then facilitate a discussion. I created these simple little yarn tools to give kids a visual aid to help internalize these concepts. All I did was assign a color to each of the 6 strands, bought yarn in those colors, cut it up into 6 inch pieces and tied the 6 colors together. Super simple but really helped the kids associate a color to each of the areas. I also decorated the big bulletin board behind my desk with these strands and definitions.
This has been just a brief overview of the Six Strands of Language as described in the Story Grammar Marker manual. I will do a post very soon reflecting on my week introducing all the strands. There were things that worked very well and things that I definitely would have done differently!
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