Essay on Vocabulary Development

Essay on Vocabulary Development Essay on Vocabulary Development Constructing Meaning Susan L. Wright Grand Canyon University: EED475 November 18, 2012 Constructing Meaning |Strategy |Activity |Assessment | |Inferencing |Make predictions through illustrations, chapter |Decide if predictions can be substantiated | | |titles, and headings | | ; Define through |Observe student during the process to ensure correct use | | |context clues, dictionary or glossary. |of strategy. | |Summarizing |Discuss what student learned from reading the | Story mapping or write a summary in journal | | |text | | |Question Generating |Have students write questions in journal after |Look for appropriate answers to the questions | | |predicting; before they read | | that promote images|Draw a picture of a selected character of scene in the | | |in their head |text | |Recognizing story structure |Identify the characters, setting, problem etc†¦ |Fill out story map | |Activating prior knowledge |Ask what student knows about topic |Self to text, world to text, or text to text connection | | | |worksheet | |Monitoring Comprehension |Reread when something doesn’t make sense |Have student identify what helped clarify meaning | |Think Aloud |Stop after reading a part of text; model asking |Invite students to do the same activity | | |yourself questions | | |Main Idea |Discuss main idea; the point the author wants to|Observe, after reading discuss the main idea in small | | |make. Use a familiar text as an example |groups. Check for understanding. | |Fix-up |Student explains misunderstanding, classmates |Student answers to questions | | |ask questions to help clarify |