Robust Vocabulary Lesson Planning Sheet



Robust Vocabulary Lesson Planning Sheet

Name: Linda Rasmussen Grade Level: 2nd

Story: Private I. Guana Date: Jan. 20, 2015

As always, make adaptations to the words selected to meet the needs of your diverse students.

|Tier 2 Words Selected: |

|distress, plastered, coincidence, unusual and hypnotized |

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|Other Tier 2 Words Considered: |

|recent, disappeared, scoped |

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|Tier 3 Words: |

|amphibian |

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|Planning for instruction/ Resources needed- Copy of book: Private I. Guana |

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|Day 1- Read aloud Private I. Guana briefly clarifying the following words as needed to aid in comprehension: Distress, plastered, |

|coincidence, unusual and hypnotized |

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|Discuss what Author’s Purpose elements are Persuade, Inform, and Entertain |

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|What book might this be? Why? How do we know? |

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|Day 2- Introduce Tier 2 Vocabulary Words using the following steps: |

|Say the word and show the written word on a card or write it on the board. |

|Tell the students the word in the context of the story. “In the story…” |

|Provide a student-friendly definition |

|Provide an additional context beyond the one used in the story. |

|Give students opportunities to interact with the word. (Partners discuss, hand gestures, act out, etc. as appropriate) |

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|Distress- (adjective) worried, upset |

|In the story Private I. Guana was talking to the lizard who was in distress on the phone. She was worried about ___________ (the missing|

|chameleon) |

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|When is a time that you felt distress? |

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|Places you might feel distress is |

|When you are late to school |

|Broke your parents favorite vase |

|No one has come to pick you up |

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|What would be an antonym for distress? (happy, joyful) |

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|plastered- (adjective) posting papers everywhere |

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|In the story Private I. Guana plasters posters of the missing chameleon all over the forest. |

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|Have you seen the posters that student counsel put up about being honest? When someone runs for president or school board the signs you |

|see around town are an example of plastered. Why would it be similar? |

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|If something is plastered you are able to see it everywhere. |

|If your pet went missing what would you do? Why or why not? |

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|Coincidence- (noun) a situation where events happen at the same time in the same way. |

|In the story Private I. Guana walked into the Lizard Lounge and noticed it was full of cricket eating reptiles and noticed on the menu |

|there was cricket stew. It was a coincidence because _________________. |

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|Raise your hand if you have ever experienced a coincidence. |

|A friend wore the same type of clothes as you did. |

|You were on the same team or class as your best friend. |

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|What are some other things that could be coincidences? |

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|Day 2 (continued)- |

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|Day 2 Continued |

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|Unusual (Adjective) not usual, not common, out of the ordinary, not normal of what is expected. |

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|In the story an unusual chameleon was singing with the Gila Girls. |

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|Purple ladybugs are “unusual” |

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|Stand up if the following is unusual. |

|A rock |

|A 2nd grader that is 6 feet tall. |

|A baby’s skin |

|Snakes on the playground |

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|Hypnotized (verb) to have the influence of control, to be charmed by something or someone. |

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|In the story Private I. Guana went to the Lizard Lounge and was hypnotized by the lead singer Camille of the Gila Girls. |

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|If you have seen a whale or dolphin in the zoo you might have been hypnotized by them. |

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|Say Hypnotized if the following sentence is a time when someone would make you feel charmed. |

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|When you watch a famous singer on the stage. |

|A cat sleeping. |

|When your sister opens up a big present on her birthday. |

|Fishing for fish. |

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|(If time allows we will play 4 corners in the room place the fifth word on a side wall.) |

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|Day 3- Practice with words: |

|Students should have an opportunity to write and discuss the words with classmates. |

|distress, Plastered, coincidence, unusual, hypnotized |

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|Divide the class into groups of 5. Hand out 5 color chips. |

|Yellow= write word |

|Red= act out |

|Blue= write definition |

|Orange= give appreciations |

|Green= Teacher- Say if it is correct or not |

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|Have each child write a vocabulary word and then pass chip color clockwise. |

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|Day 4- Vocabulary Log: |

|Depending on your classroom procedures or skill level of your students, provide an opportunity for students to record the Tier 2 words. |

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|Tell students you are going to play clue. Students will hear a clue to determine the word. |

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|not normal (unusual) |

|worried and upset (distress) |

|charmed by something or someone (hypnotized) |

|situation that happens at the same time (coincidence) |

|Something that you see everywhere you go (plastered) |

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|We will now use the following Vocabulary Organizer to write the word, definition, write in a sentence and draw the word. |

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|My mom brought me a new puppy and I could not stop looking at it. You could say I was…(hypnotized) |

|I forgot my swimsuit for the swimming fieldtrip so I was in … (distress) |

|For something to happen at the same time is called a (coincidence) |

|I ate octopus for dinner last night. It was ….(unusual) |

|What word means to put up a lot of something everywhere? (plastered) |

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|Day 5- Informal assessment of Tier 2 Words |

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|(See Attached file) |

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Robust Vocabulary Test

Name___________

Privat I. Guana

distress coincidence unusual hypnotized plastered

Use the words above to complete following sentences.

1. I could not stop looking at the new dress I was ______________.

2. I saw my teacher in the store last night. It was a ______________.

3. I forgot my homework and I was full of ______________.

4. It was ___________ for me to be picked first for the baseball team. Normally I am always picked last.

5. My Dad was running for President so we __________ signs everywhere.

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