Theoretical Assignment Power Point
- 1. Effective Strategies for Vocabulary InstructionBy Lindsay Spann, Jacyln Clark, Vivianne Creary, and Lascelia Dacres
- 2. VocabularyAll the words used known and used by a person (Wikipedia)
- 3. The set of words a person is familiar with in a language.
- 4. Usually grows and evolves with age
- 5. Useful tool in communicating and acquiring knowledge.Effective Practices of Vocabulary InstructionHave students link terms with life experiences so that they are more likely to retain the meanings.
- 6. Have students paraphrase terms in their own words so they have a better understanding.
- 7. Allow students to come up with similes and metaphorsDifferentiation of VocabularyCreate classrooms that maintain high student expectations
- 8. Use activities and products based on students’ readiness and interests.
- 9. Use “weapons of mass instruction”-a variety of research-based strategies for vocabulary-teaching arsenals.Differentiation of Vocabulary Continued…Allow more examples and more time for guided practice and independent work
- 10. Allow multiple opportunities for students to encounter the term and use while communicating
- 11. Vary the intensity of the word -Ex: multiple meanings, different pronunciations, etc.
- 12. Connections to ESOL and ESE StudentConnections with real-life situations
- 13. More time spent on teaching it in detail
- 14. Fewer terms
- 15. Group work, guided practice, and modeling
- 16. Morphemic analysis-allowing students to use prefixes and suffixes to come up with their own meaningsInterview StrategiesKnowledge Rating Guide
- 17. VIS (Vocabulary Improvement Strategy)
- 19. Vocabulary word substitutionKnowledge Rating Guide1. Prepare a list of words you want students to learn. 2. Next to each word, draw three columns as shown.
- 20. Knowledge Rating Continued3. Have students check the columns that apply after modeling one word then working on one together.4. Discuss each word after students are done filling out the chart. Find out which words were least recognized or defined.5. Make predictions about further meanings of words and how they will be used in the text.
- 21. VIS (Vocabulary Improvement Strategy) Chart
- 23. Vocabulary Word SubstitutionExample: Instead of saying… When my dog died, I became sad. Say… When my dog died, I became heartbroken.
- 24. Annotated BibliographyJust Read Now: Vocabulary Strategies www.justeadnow.com/strategies/vocabulary.htm
- 25. Secondary Content Teacher Reading Strategies www.ops.org/reading/secondarystrat1.htm
- 26. Lowering the language barriers in middle and secondary school http://www.resourceroom.net/comprehension/lowerbarriers.asp.