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Shakespeare Vocabulary Bingo

Lauren Crowley — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 08:04:08 +0000

At the start of a Shakespeare unit, I like to start with some easy games to assuage the fears of some intimidated students. To familiarize them with common, high-frequency Shakespeare vocab, we play a little Lingo-Bingo!

To play, students receive a (1) blank Bingo board and a (2) list of word to cut and glue randomly onto the board (randomly needs to be reiterated to some students or they will put them in order, and a few will end up with identical boards).

There is a (3) list of modern words for the teacher to cut up and put into a sac to be pulled out at random, as well as a (4) chart of translations for reference.

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Reading for Vocabulary

Lauren Crowley — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:25:43 +0000

Below is a handout I give to students when I ask them to do some independent reading. It can work in small groups and in isolated lessons, or over a longer period of independent reading.

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Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

Lauren Crowley — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 14:27:19 +0000

Below is a PowerPoint and vocabulary organizer I use when teaching Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter, usually as part of a larger short story unit. It’s a great model text for showcasing plot twist, irony, and characterization.

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Very Valuable Vocabulary Handout

Lauren Crowley — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 05:11:30 +0000

If you’d like to encourage your students to incorporate more precise, sophisticated or fun vocabulary into their writing, here is a printable resource that they can stick in the front of their binders or folders. Or you could laminate them and stick them on tables for quick and easy reference.

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Vocabulary Graphic Organizer

Lauren Crowley — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 08:08:22 +0000

Below is a no frills graphic organizer that I use to teach vocabulary. As studies indicate that a person needs to be familiar with 93% of the vocabulary in a text for full comprehension, we do a lot of vocabulary. A lot. At the beginning of the school year I make about as many copies as I can get away with and our first vocabulary lesson is creating our own personal dictionaries. I give the students card stock so they can create their own covers, either drawing or designing something digitally. We use the dictionaries all year.

Note: These are not quick. Students need between 3-7 minutes for each organizer. So one sheet of three can take up to twenty minutes for some students. However, to engage more deeply with words to fully integrate them into their working vocabularies takes time. But they can be used for homework review, group work, or once they are routine, give them a vocabulary list to do with a sub. Music pairs nicely with these, as well.

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