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New vocabulary is experienced throughout multiple texts within a unit or across units. Sometimes, this vocabulary is jotted into students’ notes or written in the margin of a text without any meaningful context to help students truly understand the words. A vocabulary log provides students with a systematic and consistent way of organizing new vocabulary as they encounter it over a long-term period while also providing a way to study the vocabulary later.
HANDOUTS and RESOURCES:
PREPARATION:
Review Educator Resource above and determine which structure you would like students to use or provide students with a choice of structures to use. Students will recreate one of these structures in their notes.
STEPS
STUDENTS CREATE CHOSEN VOCABLOG: Instruct students to create the chosen vocabulary log format in their notes or in another location that will be easily accessible at a later time.
STUDENT RECORD VOCABULARY: As students encounter vocabulary words as they read texts or through classroom instruction, they should take the time to record each term and its meaning, as well as the other sections of the chosen vocabulary log structure.
REVIEW NOTES: As with any form of note-taking, students should add to and review these notes regularly. A common way that student can add to notes is to share their vocabulary log with other students for comparison. Students can add more to or change information in their notes based on the notes of others.
EXTENSIONS:
Students can work with study partners to use these vocabulary logs to study for quizzes and/or exams.
Add or adjust columns within the chosen vocabulary log format to fit the academic purpose; the provided structures serve as samples.
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