UNIT X 288 | UNIT 8 Instructional Routine: Vocabulary p. Txxiii Vocabulary in Context • Preview vocabulary Remind students of the vocabulary strategies they have learned. Have students preview new vocabulary by pointing out the terms and matching images. Say: Which of these words do you know? Direct volunteers to share responses. • Use illustrations to clarify word meanings Have volunteers read the example sentences and discuss the images to aid comprehension. Ask: How can the sentences and pictures help you understand new words? Use the vocabulary routine to teach any unfamiliar words. • Classify vocabulary Write bark, leaves, deliver, and enormous on the board. Then create a threecolumn chart with headings things, actions, and descriptions. Model how to identify one term for each category. • Play a vocabulary game Create sets of vocabulary cards for each word by writing the word on one side and drawing a rough sketch on the other. Model choosing two cards and using them in a sentence. Say: I chose enormous and celebration. The team had an enormous celebration when it won the final soccer match. Act out the scenario to provide comprehensible input. Then divide students into pairs with mixed language proficiency and give each pair a set of cards. Direct pairs to work together to generate new sentences with the words and act out scenarios, if sentences lend themselves to it. EXPLORE AND LEARN DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Consider pairing students with higher levels of proficiency with students who have lower levels of proficiency. The students with higher levels of proficiency can serve as peer tutors who can prompt and reinforce language. Amplify Have students use new terms in written paragraphs about their own personal experiences. Display a model paragraph with the new terms underlined: The World Cup celebration took place in the main park. I heard many languages being spoken. The mayor delivered a speech under an enormous tree with white bark. The leaves made shade for people to stand in. Several cotton ropes surrounded the stage to keep the excited audience away. celebration We had fun at the celebration. rope We use rope to tie things. cotton Our T-shirts are made of cotton. deliver Joe delivers pizza on the weekends. several She has several keys on a ring. enormous The baby is big. Its mother is enormous. bark Tree bark is on the outside of a tree. leaf / leaves The tree has green leaves. languages I speak two languages— English and Spanish. Vocabulary in Context The author of the text On the Wings of the Condor includes these words. Which words do you already know? Tutorial 288 BEFORE YOU Read UNIT 8 UNIT 8 / BEFORE YOU READ
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