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Robust Vocabulary Instruction
COMPARE:
Traditional Vocabulary Instruction
• Vocabulary words are listed in the teacher’s guide
• Students look up words in dictionary or glossary and copy definitions
• Students use words in sentences
• Students are tested on word meanings with multiple-choice or matching items
Robust Vocabulary Instruction
• Teacher selects 7-10 Tier 2 words
Instructional sequence:
Day 1:
• Introduce selected Tier 2 words with student-friendly explanations
Day 2:
• Review words
• Engage students in using the words in a variety of activities
• Choose from pages 3-7 in the Menu of Instructional Activities for
Vocabulary
Day 3: Review words
• Choose activities from pages 8-12 in the Menu of Instructional Activities for
Vocabulary
• Administer a Speed Round
Day 4:
• Review words
• Choose activities from pages 13-15 in the Menu of Instructional Activities
for Vocabulary
Day 5:
• Assess vocabulary knowledge
Robust Vocabulary Instruction
Introducing Vocabulary
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Collins COBUILD Dictionaries, published by HarperCollins, are extremely useful resources. Designed for English Language Learners, the COBUILD dictionaries provide student-friendly explanations for words using formats like these:
absorbed: If you are absorbed in a person, activity, or subject, they get all your attention. She was totally absorbed in her book.
evident: If something is evident, you notice it easily and clearly. His footprints were clearly evident in the heavy dust.
indignant: If you are indignant, you are shocked and angry, because you think that something is unjust or unfair.
pre-empt: If you pre-empt an action, you prevent it from happening by doing something before it can happen. You can pre-empt pain by taking a painkiller at the first warning sign.
Multiple copies of COBUILD dictionaries are on reserve in Hillman Library.
EXAMPLE 1
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Tier 2 words from a unit on penguins
frigid sleek companions miserable calm resist
|Tier 2 words |Student friendly explanations |
|frigid |very cold |
| |Frigid water is so cold that if you stayed in it too long you would start to shake and shiver. |
|sleek |smooth or shiny |
| |You can use water and a comb to make your hair sleek. |
|companions |people who are often together |
| |If you belong to a scout troop, then the scouts are your companions. |
|miserable |very unhappy or uncomfortable |
| |If you had poison ivy, you would probably be miserable. |
|calm |quiet, peaceful, still |
| |If water is calm, then it does not have lots of waves. It is peaceful and quiet. |
|resist |to be strong enough not to do something; to not give in |
| |Even if you really want to do something, you can still resist and not do it. |
EXAMPLE 2
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Tier 2 words
hostile intimidate emulate haphazardly
pervasive seniority discriminate segregate
|Tier 2 words |Student friendly explanations |
|hostile |unfriendly; aggressive; acting like an enemy |
| |A hostile remark can hurt a person’s feelings. |
|intimidate |to frighten; to terrify; to bully |
| |If you intimidate someone, you frighten them. A bully intimidates others. |
|emulate |to try to equal; to imitate |
| |If you emulate someone, you try to be like that person. |
|haphazardly |in a disorganized way; carelessly |
| |If you are haphazard, you are not careful about how you do things. |
|pervasive |widespread; spread throughout an area |
| |A disease can be pervasive if it is widespread. |
|Tier 2 words |Student friendly explanations |
|seniority |status or privileges earned because of a person’s length of service |
| |If someone has seniority in a company, then he or she has usually been working there for more than a few |
| |years. |
|discriminate |If you discriminate, you make a distinction for or against a person based on the group to which the person|
| |belongs rather than on the person’s qualities. To discriminate is to show partiality, or to favor one |
| |person or group over another. |
| |One form of discrimination is not allowing people who practice a certain religion to join a club. |
|segregate |to separate or set apart from others |
| |Laws in the United States used to segregate students who attended school. These laws separated students |
| |by race, so African American students did not attend schools with white students. |
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