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As you read your self-selected book, pretend that you are a Word Wizard. Your job is to search for special words in the text. These may be words that you do not know the definition to or are not familiar with the way they are used in context. You may simply like the word because of the way it sounds or what it means. You may choose a word that has an unusual spelling or is spelled differently from the way you are used to it being spelled.

You have been given a chart to explain the meaning of the words you have chosen. While the number of words that each student finds will depend on the book he / she has chosen to read, each student should find an average of two words for every five pages in the book.

Also, you have been given a reading log on which you are to record your reading progress. Again, the number of pages you read will depend on your own reading habits and abilities and also on the way your book is organized. However, everyone should read for at least twenty minutes five times a week.

Along with the above mentioned charts and logs, you need to turn in a picture representation of as many words that you have chosen as you can. For instance, you may have twenty words that pertain to water. To illustrate these words, you may draw a picture of a lake, depicting as many of the words in the picture as you can. These may vary in forms of speech. Some may be verbs and some nouns; others may be adjectives. You should indicate either on the picture or on the back of the illustration what words you have chosen. You can even make this a game so that someone looking at the picture could place the words next to the picture that illustrates them.

Draw a chart to show the relationships among any of the words. You may categorize words based on origin, subject, syllables, parts of speech etc. Some words may go into more than one category. And some categories may only have two words in them. Be sure to explain what the words in each category have in common. NOTE: Syllables is one category. It is not acceptable to have a chart of only one, two, and three syllable words. Also, parts of speech is one category. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs count as one category.

Create a puzzle using all of the words. This can be a word search, crossword puzzle, or anything else that would teach students the words and definitions. Turn in a clean copy of your creation as well as an answer key. Remember, your objective is to teach the words and definitions, so a word search with a word bank of the words is not sufficient for this.

Write a story that is at least two pages, double-spaced typed in 10 or 12 point font that uses all of the words. While the genre is left up to you, the story should make sense. Underline or boldface the vocabulary words in context.

In a journal format of at least one page double-spaced typed in 10 or 12 point font, discuss the author’s use of vocabulary in the text. Was it appropriate? Did it hinder your understanding of the text in any way? Were you able to use context clues in determining what the words meant before you looked them up? Was the vocabulary appropriate for the audience the author addresses? Would you have made any changes in the vocabulary? Be sure to discuss surprising things that you learned about certain words. This is an analysis, so you are expected to use quotations with proper MLA citations to back up your ideas.

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