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Multiple Subject
Multiple Subject
MS/SS
Single Subject
Single Subject
100
This strategy makes up situations that introduce a word and provide contextual clues to its meaning. Ex: "lethargic"-- you may drag yourself in the room and look sleepy
What is CREATING MEMORABLE EVENTS?
100
It provides greater depth of meaning to words by offering at least 2nd hand experience through illustrations and name parts.
What is LABELING?
100
It allows students to view and construct relationships among words. Ex: semantic mapping, word map, pictorial map, venn diagram, web
What is GRAPHIC ORGANIZER?
100
Putting words in the context of simple skits
What is DRAMATIZING?
100
It is like a FRAYER MODEL where a word is learned using a 4-part square. The top left part contains the word, the bottom left has the definition, the top right hand indicates a personal association or an example, and the bottom right hand indicates the opposite example of the word.
What is VERBAL AND VISUAL WORD ASSOCIATION?
200
Ex: large, mammoth, huge, vast, immense, big
What is DETERMINING SHADES OF MEANING?
200
A question that contains 2 newly learned words, students can compare major meanings Ex: Can a philanthropist be a miser?
What is FEATURE COMPARISON?
200
Word origin or history
What is ETYMOLOGY?
200
It is a process by which readers can determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word by analyzing its parts/syllables. Ex: PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
What is MORPHEMIC ANALYSIS?
200
It is what TOAST stands for.
What is TEST, ORGANIZE, ANCHOR, SAY, TEST
300
Having fun with words such as puns, limericks, jokes
What is ENJOYING WORDS?
300
Students guess which words would be used to describe the setting, characters, problem, plot, or resolution.
What is PREDICT-O-GRAM?
300
Ex: dictionary, encyclopedia, index, glossary, table of contents
What is EXTERNAL REFERENCE?
300
It is a strategy that introduces new vocabulary in a rich sentence that defines its meaning. Ex: Without a CARAPACE, the turtle would be subject to certain death from its enemies or the elements.
What is CONTEXTUAL REDEFINITION?
300
It requires students to draw inferences by exposing subtle word associations. Ex: Night is to day as big is to _______
What is ANALOGY?
400
A long word that students are willing to put in effort to identify. Ex: Supercalifragelisticexpialidocious
What is SESQUIPEDALIAN?
400
Each student is assigned 2 words and writes each one in a 3x5 index card. Students locate the words in the text and copy the sentence from the text. They also write the dictionary definitions and create an illustration. Then they pair up and teach their words to a partner.
What are WORD EXPERTS?
400
Using background, experiences and reasoning to compose a general meaning of an unfamiliar word
What are CONTEXTUAL CLUES?
400
It aids students' long term memory by creating an entry for each vocabulary word. Each entry contains the word, its definition, and a sentence that contains the word.
What is PERSONAL GLOSSARY?
400
Mixing up the spelling of a word adds an extra challenge and makes the activity more interesting. Ex: RCLECI --- it is a closed curve figure on which every point is an equal distance from a fixed point within the curve.
What is MATCHING DEFINITIONS TO SCRAMBLED WORDS?
500
A word/name tied in to the day, time of year, special or local or national event Ex: Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is WORD OF THE DAY?
500
It is a process of categorizing words where students are forced to think about each word to see similarities and differences among words.
What are WORD SORTS?
500
It is designed to teach students how to choose the most important vocabulary from reading assignments.
What is VOCABULARY SELF-COLLECTION STRATEGY (VSS)
500
One student shows a card to the others in the group but does not look at the card. Each of the other students asks a question or supplies an idea until the word is identified.
What are CLUES and QUESTIONS?
500
These are activities the alms all students will respond to positively. They make good motivational devices for vocabulary review. They are easy to make using a computer software.
What is HIDDEN-WORD PUZZLE or CROSSWORD PUZZLE?