Learning vocabulary
Building an excellent vocabulary needs to be an engaging part of each lesson each day. The following elements can be used systematically to develop rich vocabulary in the learning environment.
Activities for using vocabulary
Discussions, presentations, skits, writing poetry/songs/stories, interviewing a word, preparing display boards featuring words that have the same root, etc.
Resources for vocabulary
Content, context, Bloom’s Taxonomy, quotes, proverbs, poetry, literature, scholarly magazines, music lyrics, biographies, historical accounts, other languages, medical terms, dictionaries, thesauruses, SAT and ACT word lists, online dictionary words of the day, etc.
Displaying vocabulary
Word walls, personal word collections, anchor charts, wordless word collages, learner-created personal dictionaries, pocket charts for antonyms/synonyms/homonyms, word jars, vocabulary rings, etc.
Products created using vocabulary
Reports, ads, presentations, taglines, poems, songs, stories, news articles, scripts, acrostics, riddles, posters, radio programs, etc.
Activities to learn vocabulary
Lexicons, games (flash cards, charades), puzzles, word finds, photographs or drawings to illustrate words, graphic organizers, word webs, etc.
