Monday, May 7, 2012

Vocabulary Study Strategy

Subject:  Language Arts
Grade:  11
Technology tools:  Computer(s), LCD Projector
Tools used:  PowerPoint
Activity type:  Lesson

My objective is to improve reading comprehension through the use of vocabulary study.  Other objectives reached are having students use a formal register in front of a group of peers to instruct them.

Students teach 10 of the 30 words per week we study from the literature we are covering.  They use PowerPoint to present the words, the definitions, a helpful visual, and a "brain hook" (an idea that helps students connect the definition with the word).

Students enjoy this activity, and they find that they learn the group of words that they teach to the class better than any other!

Chris Rice,  Hickory High

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