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Grades 3–8 Academic Language Studio
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The Communication Lab · Case 01Key Use: ArgueELD-LA~18 min

Three Minutes for the Library Board

You have ninety seconds at the microphone to save the after-school makerspace hour. Cut the vague words and expand your proof. The path branches. What you ask, and what you do with the evidence, changes the ending.

Coach Elena Vasquez, sound designer Kwame Diallo, and presenter Riley Chen are in Studio Four preparing for tonight's Library Board hearing. The board is considering cutting the Tuesday makerspace hour unless students show concrete attendance data and a clear plan. Students listen to Riley's rehearsal, inspect the attendance log, expand a kernel sentence with a causal clause, and deliver a polished oral and written brief.

The Communication Lab

Communicative Objective

Students revise vague claims into audience-aware arguments supported by attendance data and expanded clauses.

Bench: Clause Expander

Story Cast in This Case

EV

Elena Vasquez

Speaking and writing coach

KD

Kwame Diallo

Sound designer

RC

Riley Chen

Presenter

Target Academic Vocabulary (6 Terms)

audience: the specific group of listeners or readers you are addressing
rehearse: to practice a talk aloud so you can hear what needs improvement
specific: exact and detailed rather than general or vague
attendance: the number of people present at a scheduled session
transition: a linking word or phrase that guides a listener from one idea to the next
revise: to improve a draft by adding evidence, cutting vague words, or reordering ideas
Session Setup

Choose Grade Band & Support Pathway

Grade band

Recommended for grades 3-5. The other band has its own text.

Support pathway
Adjust one domain independently

Support pathways are classroom choices. They are not WIDA scores.