Take the WordTeaser Challenge
Subject: English/Vocabulary
Grade(s): 7 and up
Overview
Put new vocabulary words into relevant context with this easy-to-play vocabulary game that is fun and challenging for students of all ages.
Grade(s): 7 and up
Overview
Put new vocabulary words into relevant context with this easy-to-play vocabulary game that is fun and challenging for students of all ages.
Objectives
Students will:
* Write creative definitions for unknown words and use those words in creative sentences.
Students will:
* Write creative definitions for unknown words and use those words in creative sentences.
* Determine the real definition of unknown words through context clues.
IRA/NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts
Standard 3: Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
Materials Needed
· WordTeasers: College Prep
Background
Researchers have shown conclusively that a strong vocabulary is crucial to academic development at all ages. Now, with the addition of the essay on the SAT college entrance test, a strong vocabulary is more critical than ever. As the College Board notes, to score a 6 (the highest possible essay score on the SAT essay), it is necessary to exhibit “…skillful use of language using a varied, accurate, and apt vocabulary.” WordTeasers: College Prep gives students a fun way to increase and improve their vocabulary by putting new vocabulary words into real-life context.
Activity
Divide students into groups of three to five students for each group. Then, give each group a WordTeaser Challenge Card (or let a volunteer from each group select a card from the WordTeasers: College Prep box.) Each student in the group writes down a made-up definition for the word they have selected. Tell students to be sure to include the word function (noun, verb, adjective, for example) and definition. One member of the group writes down the real definition, as found on the back of the WordTeaser Challenge Card. Call on each group, one group at a time, to read their WordTeaser word aloud to the class and then read their definitions. Then, take a class vote to see which definition the class thinks is the real definition. After students have voted for what they think is the real definition, have one student from the group read the WordTeaser challenge using that word to the class. Then, take a vote again. Does everyone agree that the definition selected in the first vote is still the correct definition? Why or why not?
Next Week: Gilligan’s and Other Islands: A geography lesson plan
Source: WordTeasers: College Prep — An educational game designed to help high school students improve vocabulary and have fun at the same time. Grades 7 + . Available at SchooDoodle.com.
IRA/NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts
Standard 3: Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
Materials Needed
· WordTeasers: College Prep
Background
Researchers have shown conclusively that a strong vocabulary is crucial to academic development at all ages. Now, with the addition of the essay on the SAT college entrance test, a strong vocabulary is more critical than ever. As the College Board notes, to score a 6 (the highest possible essay score on the SAT essay), it is necessary to exhibit “…skillful use of language using a varied, accurate, and apt vocabulary.” WordTeasers: College Prep gives students a fun way to increase and improve their vocabulary by putting new vocabulary words into real-life context.
Activity
Divide students into groups of three to five students for each group. Then, give each group a WordTeaser Challenge Card (or let a volunteer from each group select a card from the WordTeasers: College Prep box.) Each student in the group writes down a made-up definition for the word they have selected. Tell students to be sure to include the word function (noun, verb, adjective, for example) and definition. One member of the group writes down the real definition, as found on the back of the WordTeaser Challenge Card. Call on each group, one group at a time, to read their WordTeaser word aloud to the class and then read their definitions. Then, take a class vote to see which definition the class thinks is the real definition. After students have voted for what they think is the real definition, have one student from the group read the WordTeaser challenge using that word to the class. Then, take a vote again. Does everyone agree that the definition selected in the first vote is still the correct definition? Why or why not?
Next Week: Gilligan’s and Other Islands: A geography lesson plan
Source: WordTeasers: College Prep — An educational game designed to help high school students improve vocabulary and have fun at the same time. Grades 7 + . Available at SchooDoodle.com.
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