Students Have to Describe a Word Without Using the Word

Students need to interact with words in both an auditory and visual way. This is a bad one but it is the first thing that popped into my.

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Students begin by matching sentence halves together to make sentences that describe objects.

. Imagine a fifth grade class where a teacher can hold up a card with a word like abolitionist written on it and within a minute small groups of students have figured out the meaning of the wordwithout the teacher uttering one sound. It is very helpful to look to see if the word has a common prefix. Start by looking at each part of the word in question.

It also looks at the origins of words and how they have changed over time. Instead of keeping these sentences to yourself you can use them in writing games such as the Folding Story. If youre unfamiliar with the game a student takes a card and stands in front of hisher group.

This exercise is the beginning of a process to come up with word messages students want colleges to get about them as they fill-out applications write essays and have interviews. So for example if the word were plum and someone tried to use the word chum to get a teammate to guess it that would be against the rules because plum and chum have no clear relation except for the fact that they rhyme. Food - Cant use eat delicious or snack.

Make the sentences true about you or someone you know. If the students are finding it easy you can write some words next to the object that the student isnt allowed to use when describing it. The student can describe a typical attic and explain its location within the house.

Writing down a new word or ideally a sentence using the new word helps fix both its meaning and spelling in your memory. After the meeting I email the list of the words to the student and parents so they can keep adding words. Ask students to classify a group of words into different categories.

Someone who is prudent and sagacious. Adjective material or use. She must explain the meaning of the word at the top of the card in bold without saying that word or any of the other words on the card or any related words from the same root.

Here are a few example objects you might like to use. But students dont have to be a Dickens to add color depth and interest to their writing. Synonyms sensible prudent sage advisable knowledgeable wise.

Help the students apply structural and contextual analyses to construct and confirm the words meaning. For example if you wanted to revise sports you might write tennis football cycling etc. A student that is adept at providing descriptions will have the ability to carry on a conversation even without knowing the precise vocabulary words he or she wants to use.

Give your students a few items of vocabulary and tell them to find the meaning pronunciation and write an example sentence with the word in. After that students read about describing objects and underline words that show the correct grammar rules. Synonyms friendly cordial amiable warm sympathetic.

An example of this might be if a student is talking about cleaning out the attic but has forgotten or never learned the word attic. The same goes for using clue words simply because they have the same first letter as the word. Count the number of images and animations in a document.

Students then move on to complete sentences that describe. Have students name common objects and use words to describe their shape and basic characteristics. A word wall is a collection of words which are displayed in large visible letters on a wall bulletin board or other display surface in a classroom.

Count the number of lines and paragraphs in a document. Synonyms cheerful jolly happy cheery genial. Prepare worksheets and ask your students to match words to definitions.

Next students put the words in bold from Exercise A into their correct category. In a word processor you can use the Word Count function to. It is better to use 1 word that has the same meaning but is more precise and descriptive.

For example you can replace very accurate by saying exact. Have the students enter the word in their ongoing list of new vocabulary words and then look up its definition independently. Etymology is the study of the meanings of words.

Using similes and metaphors- you give an impression of the object or what have you but without sounding like a thesaurus. Use explicit explanation to describe the meaning of the word to the students before they read the text. By learning about etymology you can find new ways to define unknown words without using a dictionary.

They can then teach each other in groups. It was used to describe black people one student began in a singsong. Someone who is friendly and cheerful.

This is not an imaginary classroom. Damp and salty a chilly breeze blows in across the swells bringing with it the pungent smells of seaweed and fish and making me pull my jacket a little closer. Avoid using 2 words very adjectiveadverb to describe something.

Here a 14-year-old draws on all five senses to describe a place and create a mood. Count the number of primary and secondary headers in a document. Student B then describes the first word on the board to Student A without saying the word.

As more information is recalled about a picture or a form thus stimulating word form representation naming becomes easier Hoover Storkel 2005. This is thought to activate the students semantic representation via the expressive link. For example if the word was tennis Student B might say People play this sport on a court.

They use a racket and ball to play. Count the number of index entries in a document. Ball - Cant use round bounce or sport.

If possible have students physically interact with the vocabulary such as performing physical actions to represent the word. Use of Word Parts. Someone who is cheerful and friendly.

Kinesthetic learners would remember a words meaning easier if there was a specific action tied to it. Hisher group must then guess the word for a point. Its a derogatory word for black people someone suggested.

Derogatory was a new word from a previous unit and it was encouraging to hear a student using it. The word wall is designed to be an interactive tool for students and contains an array of words that can be used during writing and reading.

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