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Main Author:	Brand, Helena S.
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	1982
Subjects:	Elementary Secondary Education English Instruction Learning Activities Skill Development Teaching Methods Vocabulary Development Vocabulary Skills Word Study Skills
Online Access:	https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED219756
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contents	Some Vocabulary Activities Worth Teaching About. Brand, Helena S. Elementary Secondary Education English Instruction Learning Activities Skill Development Teaching Methods Vocabulary Development Vocabulary Skills Word Study Skills The 12 activities presented in this pamphlet are intended to help make vocabulary study a stimulating experience for both teacher and student. The activities are as follows: (1) a commercially prepared list of suggestions for vocabulary development, (2) an exercise designed to relate vocabulary study to every day reading, (3) a variation of the dictionary search exercise, (4) a sentence and paragraph building activity that begins with the study of prefixes, (5) a word analogy exercise, (6) a list of brain teasers, (7) the "Word Power" sections from "Readers' Digest," (8) model writing exercises, (9) a word substitution activity, (10) the Vocabulary Development packet published by the "Newsweek" Language Arts Program, (11) an activity to familiarize students with words commonly used on standardized tests, and (12) a library use exercise designed to familiarize students with books about language. The pamphlet also suggests that teachers carefully choose the words they use in class in order to make their lessons more meaningful. (FL)
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spellingShingle	Some Vocabulary Activities Worth Teaching About. Brand, Helena S. Elementary Secondary Education English Instruction Learning Activities Skill Development Teaching Methods Vocabulary Development Vocabulary Skills Word Study Skills Some Vocabulary Activities Worth Teaching About. Brand, Helena S. Elementary Secondary Education English Instruction Learning Activities Skill Development Teaching Methods Vocabulary Development Vocabulary Skills Word Study Skills The 12 activities presented in this pamphlet are intended to help make vocabulary study a stimulating experience for both teacher and student. The activities are as follows: (1) a commercially prepared list of suggestions for vocabulary development, (2) an exercise designed to relate vocabulary study to every day reading, (3) a variation of the dictionary search exercise, (4) a sentence and paragraph building activity that begins with the study of prefixes, (5) a word analogy exercise, (6) a list of brain teasers, (7) the "Word Power" sections from "Readers' Digest," (8) model writing exercises, (9) a word substitution activity, (10) the Vocabulary Development packet published by the "Newsweek" Language Arts Program, (11) an activity to familiarize students with words commonly used on standardized tests, and (12) a library use exercise designed to familiarize students with books about language. The pamphlet also suggests that teachers carefully choose the words they use in class in order to make their lessons more meaningful. (FL)
title	Some Vocabulary Activities Worth Teaching About.
topic	Elementary Secondary Education English Instruction Learning Activities Skill Development Teaching Methods Vocabulary Development Vocabulary Skills Word Study Skills
url	https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED219756

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