It is important to keep vocabulary fun. To do this, I have VOCABULARY CHALLENGES. -Put students into groups. -Play the video. -Give students a set time to guess. -Let students use their dictionaries (unless the students are advanced). -Give the winning group a prize. It works like magic. Students will be looking up words, collaborating, and arguing amongst themselves about academic vocabulary. The goal is to turn learning vocabulary into a challenge or a puzzle […]
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The goal of Paragraph Practice is to instill in students the following habits. The topics for Paragraph Practice are meant to be of high interest (Lionel Messi, rap music, etc). This ensures students have background knowledge or interest in the subject they are reading. The paragraphs are designed to be short. This allows students to focus on just one topic and one set of vocabulary words. The paragraphs are created to be bursting with academic […]
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Have your students take the SYNONYMS CHALLENGE, and see how many points they can accrue.
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