Apposition ,like Earth,

From Focus on Physical Science:

Most meteorites
Most meteorites found on Earth are rocky. The composition of found on Earth
rocky meteorites is so similar to Earth’s mantle that it suggests a
Composition similar origin. Some astronomers think meteorites came from a The composition of
formation small planet that broke apart during the formation of the solar rocky meteorites
system. That planet, like Earth, would have had a small iron-
nickel core and a large, rocky mantle. A small planet that
broke apart during
Glencoe Science, p. 492 the formation of the
8th Grade Science solar system
 Metalanguage Thinking Sheet

Translate…into…
Apposition “vary, or change”
Vary, varies, variable

From enVision Math:

How can you translate words into expressions? What expression The weight of
shows the weight of the mixed nuts after the weight of the jar is the mixed nuts
subtracted? A variable is a letter or symbol that represents an after the weight
unknown amount that can vary, or change. An algebraic of the jar is
Expression expression is a mathematical phrase involving variables, subtracted
weight numbers, and operations. Since the weight of the mixed nuts
varies, let w represent the total weight of the jar and the mixed A letter or
nuts. So, w-4 is the weight of the mixed nuts after the weight of symbol that
the jar is subtracted. represents an
Scott-Foresman, p. 113 unknown
5th Grade Math amount that can
vary, or change
 Necessary geography: Great Britain, US,
Egypt, Nile River, France, Russia
Necessary citizen names: Soviets, French,
British, Americans

From The Americans, Reconstruction of the 21st Century: Construction of a

In 1955, the same year in which the Geneva Summit took place, dam at Aswan on
Great Britain and the United States agreed to help Egypt finance the Nile River
construction of a dam at Aswan on the Nile River. However,
Gamal Abdel-Nasser, Egypt’s head of government, tried to play Gamal Abdel-
the Soviets and the Americans against each other, by improving Nasser, Egypt’s
Construction relations with each one in order to get more aid. In 1956, after head of government
Relations learning that Nasser was making deals with the Soviets, Dulles
Loan withdrew his offer of a loan. Angered, Nasser responded by The suez Canal, the
nationalizing the Suez Canal, the Egyptian waterway that was Egyptian waterway
owned by France and Great Britain. The French and the British that was owned by
were outraged. France and Great
McDougall, Littell, p. 625 Britain
11th Grade U.S. History
 Either..or.. construct
Phrase: “marrying the two”

From Chapter 3:
McConachie et al. (2006) make the point very clearly that to Students’
build students’ literacy in a specific discipline, teachers must literacy in a
focus on both content and process. They argue that: to develop specific
Knowledge complex knowledge in any discipline, students need discipline
Constraint opportunities to read, reason, investigate, speak, and write
Coverage about the overarching concepts within that discipline. Because Complex
of time constraints and coverage concerns, many teachers knowledge in
understandably choose to teach either content or process instead any discipline
of marrying the two. But to build students’ literacy in a specific
discipline, instruction must do both at once. Overarching
p. 45-46 concepts within
that discipline

How would you make this

comprehensible to teachers?
 Either…or…
Apposition
Parentheticals

From Math Triumphs: Foundations for Algebra 2:

The graph of a quadratic function is a parabola. A parabola is a The graph of a

U-shaped graph that has either a maximum (highest point) or quadratic function
minimum (lowest point). The places where a parabola crosses
Graph the x-axis are the zeros, or solutions, of its related quadratic A U-shaped graph
solutions function. that has either a
maximum
Glencoe, p. 107 (highest point) or
High School Algebra 2 a minimum
(lowest point).