This resource contains original content from the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies: Focus on Writing professional development and specific instructional practices for incorporating formal types of writing in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.

This resource examines the elements of personal narratives and how to use mentor texts to introduce and teach them to your students.

This resource includes an overview of consonant-vowel-consonant words/closed syllables and a video demonstration.

This resource contains an overview of consonant digraphs and a video demonstration.

There are two sections in this resource: an overview of consonant blends and a video demonstration.

This resource includes an overview of r-controlled syllables and a video demonstration.

This resource provides an overview of vowel-consonant-e syllables and a video demonstration.

There are three sections in this resource: an overview of letter combinations, video demonstrations, and teaching tips.

This resource provides an overview of open syllables.

This resource provides an overview of contractions, a video demonstration, and teaching tips.

This resource provides an overview of compound words and a video demonstration.

This resource provides an overview of affixes with unchanging base words, a video demonstration, and teaching tips.

This resource contains an overview of the -ed suffix with unchanging base words, a video demonstration, and teaching tips.

This resource contains an overview of multisyllabic words and a video demonstration.

There are three sections in this resource: an overview of consonant-le (Cle) syllables, a video demonstration, and teaching tips.

This resource provides an overview of soft c and soft g, a video demonstration, and teaching tips.

There are two sections in this resource: an overview of adding vowel suffixes to CVC and silent e base words, and a video demonstration.

This resource contains an overview of adding suffixes that change base words' final y to i and a video demonstration.

You will be able to recognize linguistic roots and affixes to use in determining the meanings of academic English words and in other content areas.

You will use your knowledge of cognates from other languages to help you understand unfamiliar words.