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Vocabulary Study
Vocabulary Study
How to Learn New Words While Reading
How to Learn New Words While Reading
Keep an index card as a book mark. Each time you encounter a word you don't know while reading, write the word down on the index card, along with page number. This allows you to develop a list of words that you can focus on learning.
Prefixes, Suffixes & Root Words
Prefixes, Suffixes & Root Words
Quizlet: Common Suffixes
Common Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots from The Center for Development & Learning
Prefixes, Suffixes, Root Words & SAT List from Ivy Global
Parts of Speech & Parts of Sentences from The College of Saint Rose Writing Center
Vocabulary Study Ideas
Vocabulary Study Ideas
Use index cards to create a set of vocabulary flashcards that include all of the required information for each word
for understanding the differences between the synonyms for a word
Vocabulary Study Example.pdfHere is another notebook example
Vocabulary Notebook
Vocabulary Notebook
Choose 5 words you learned from your reading.
Write down each word on paper or notecards; include the part(s) of speech and definitions.
Write down the connotation of each word.
*Connotations are the feelings or emotions associated with a word. It goes beyond the actual meaning of the word and it paints a picture or invokes a feeling. What is this word usually associated with? What does it imply? Is it positive, negative or neutral?
Write your own sentence using the word.
Submit a photo of your completed vocabulary study.
Vocabulary Study Online Template
Vocabulary Study Online Template
Objective:
Use a dictionary and context clues to learn the meaning of new words encountered while reading.
Instructions:
Read your book for at least 20 minutes
Write down each word you don’t know; include the page number for each word.
Complete the vocabulary study worksheet below (at least 5 words).
Submit your completed vocabulary study.
Writing
Writing
Write your own sentences that correctly use each of the 10 words. Write a poem or short story using the words
Play Vocabulary Bingo in class with your small group
Make your own vocabulary lists or find vocabulary lists for a novel, and quiz yourself
Vocabulary Lists
Vocabulary Lists
Words to describe a character, narrator or speaker's tone & attitude
SAT Word Lists
SAT Word Lists
SAT Word List from Vocab Videos
SAT Word List from Greenville ISD
SAT Top 1000 Words from Ray Gosa
1000 SAT Words List from MajorTests.com
The following vocabulary study strategies come from the book The Pocket Instructor: Literature - 101 Exercises for the College Classroom edited by Diana Fuss & William A. Gleason.
Vocabulary Bites
"An exercise for teaching students the joys of being a logophile... Can be particularly inspirational for aspiring writers in the room, since it highlights how words are the beginning, middle, and end of the craft. It poses, and answers, the question any serious student of literature needs to ask: why this particular word and no other?"
Can also be a collaborative way to create a shared glossary of terms for a reading.
Use a poem, short story, or excerpt from a novel or play. Any genre will do, provided the work features complex vocabulary.
Ask students to read it slowly and carefully and to underline/list any words for which they could not, if challenged, provide a dictionary-style definition.
Once everyone has finished, ask students to call out/collate the words they underlined, and write them on the blackboard or whiteboard, taking care to reinforce a sense of collaboration ("Yes, I underlined that one too" or "Did anyone else underline that word?")
Give students time to look up the identified words in the dictionary.
Have students collate their vocabulary study or report back to share their discoveries.
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