Write contractions or sound reductions from the story and say what the word means. For example, hafta means have to and wanna means want to. Use "informal" speech, including contractions or sound reductions in the story. Example: I want to eat kalbi for supper tonight but I cannot. I have to get some spices sent to me from Korea before I will be able to make it. If I would have known I could not buy these things in Canada, I would have brought more with me when I first moved to Saskatoon. With reductions: I wanna eat kalbi for supper tonight but I can't. I've to get some spices sent to me from Korea before I'll be able to make it. If I'd've known I couldn't buy these things in Canada, I'd've brought more with me when I first moved to Saskatoon. Use the tutor's copy of the LEA story to do a fill-in-the-blank exercise that focuses on a certain type of word such as nouns, verbs or adjectives. Note the previous example using a fill-in-the-blank exercise: I want to eat kalbi for ___________ tonight but I cannot. I have to get some ____________ sent to me from Korea before I will be able to make it. If I would have known I could not _____________ these things in Canada, I would have ____________ more with me when I first moved to Saskatoon. In this exercise, the learner is NOT necessarily required to memorize and provide the same word. The learner needs to provide a word that makes sense. For example, in the first blank, breakfast and lunch would not make sense because the learner wants to eat this tonight. Supper or dinner would be the best choice. This type of exercise is an effective way to help the learner make predictions and use context clues provided in the text in order to make these predictions. Most importantly, work with learners to choose what skills they would like to work on.