The following is a “plug-and-play” lesson. Have each student take out a piece of paper and a pencil, and play the video. Then pause the video while students write. That’s it. I love conducting classroom lessons in this manner because everyone completes the lesson at the same general pace. This allows space for classroom questions, discussions, and more. The four words in this lesson (accentuate, bamboozle, unanimous, and despondent) were taken from “100 Words Every […]
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Vocabulary Mini-Units (Ambi-, Mono-, Alter-)
These are three vocabulary mini-units you can use with students. I will be making more. More vocabulary activities here:
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Vocabulary Mini-Unit (Ambi-)
The following vocabulary mini-unit begins by introducing students to the root “ambi-,” and continues with four video lessons on words composed of that root: ambidextrous, ambivalent, ambivert, and ambiguous. By the end of the unit, students should know the meaning of “ambi,” and be able to integrate their newly acquired vocabulary into their writing. Each video lesson comes with a corresponding worksheet. There is also an initial worksheet focused on familiarizing students with their four […]
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