A 4-page expanded handout for Lesson 23 of a reading intervention program. It focuses on the suffix -ate and the vocabulary word 'consolidate', alongside explicit instruction in the r-controlled vowels ER, IR, and UR. It includes a reading passage ('Consolidating Power'), comprehension questions with discussion frames, and structured writing practice with punctuation and the transition word 'consequently'. Designed for high school TESOL students.
