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Vocabulary Mini-Unit: Academic Vocabulary (Analyze, Contrast, Elaborate, Summarize)
Task 1: Introduction to New Vocabulary Task 2: Vocabulary Builder Worksheet Task 3: Word of the Day (Elaborate) Word of the Day: Elaborate (Worksheet) Task 4: Word of the Day (Contrast) Compare and Contrast Worksheet: Task 5: Word of the Day (Analyze) Word of the Day: Analyze (Worksheet) Task 6: Word of the Day (Summarize) Word of the Day: Summarize (Worksheet) Final Test/Assessment Coming Soon More Vocabulary Activities Here: Donate to Tolentino Teaching Here:
Summary Writing Resources (For Beginners)
Writing 20-word summaries is simple, but not easy. Condensing ideas into 20 words forces students to do two things: A. Focus on the key points of a text. B. Focus on precision with words. Here are some activities I use to teach students how to write summaries. 1. Refresher activity on writing summaries 2. The purpose of this task is to get students reading 20-word summaries. Many of my students are familiar with certain movies
What is a Summary?
Here is a quick refresher on summary writing.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Classroom Activities
Edit and Rewrite the Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Trivia