Participants perform tasks that simulate the steps involved and illustrate classroom activities that lead to the goal of better college writing. Such pages help students learn about program components, host families, and the community while providing interactive tools for participants before arrival. Presenters demonstrate the effectiveness of these pages, along with strategies for customizing. The presenter demonstrates a sequence of activities for recognizing and distinguishing English vowel sounds and applying the corresponding vowel spelling patterns. A comprehensive vowel spelling chart and exercises are provided.
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This demonstration shows teachers how they can use a short article and a minimum of preparation time to give their students practice in citing and paraphrasing before they write a research paper. The presenters provide handouts that demonstrate an exercise that teaches reading, academic writing, and citation form. The presenter demonstrates a method of facilitating and enhancing reading comprehension through the use of graphic organizers. Principles of constructing graphic organizers for authentic texts are presented, along with examples of activities developed for USA Today articles, and suggestions for adapting them to different levels of ability. When used in combination with a content-based reading, writing, and revising process, modeling enables students to reach U.S. academic writing standards.