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 Freshman Should Know.” https://ahdictionary.com/word/hundredfreshman.html
The lesson objective is to get students playing with words and integrating these words into their writing.
After the video, have students complete the following worksheet: