STRATEGY 1: VOCABULARY AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

1. STRATEGY 1: VOCABULARY AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ANELLYS GONZALEZ GISELA P. CEDEÑO L.

2. INTRODUCTION

3. ClozeParagraphs

4. HuntedHouses • EXAMPLE: Haunted houses are houses that have ghosts in them. They are often houses where something terrible has happened in the past and strange unexplained things happen in the present.

5. Haunted House Exteriors. • Instructions: Fill in the blanks with the words in the boxes. • Haunted houses are usually old and _____________________. They have _____________________ windows and missing shingles on the _____________________. The garden is _____________________ with weeds and there is sometimes a_____________________at the side of the house.

6. III. Haunted House Interiors. • Because the houses are deserted, they are usually _____________________. The furniture is covered with _____________________ and there are _____________________ made by spiders in every corner of the house. _____________________ make their home in the attic and mice live in holes in the _____________________.

7. IV. Haunted House Sounds. • If you _____________________ the night in a haunted house, you will _____________________ many strange noises such as _____________________ walking down the hall. As well, doors _____________________ shut by themselves and strange _____________________ can be heard throughout the night.

8. Specific-subject journal

9. Classification of animals • Date:______________________ • Student´sname: _________________ • Instructions: Listen thefollowing video abouttheclassification of theanimalsand complete the chart belowin yourlisteningjournal.

10. VOCABULARY JOURNAL

11. Word:_blustery______________________ Date: May 2, 2012____________Meaning:_Itis a strongwind and more windthat usual.________Sentence:_It can be dangerousto drive acrossthe bride on a blustery day.______Synonym: blowy, breezy__________________Antonyms: breathless, calm______________Word __________________________ Date ________________ Meaning ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Sentence _____________________________________________________________________________________Synonyms ____________________Antonyms ____________________ Picture

12. WORD WEBS

13. To describe food Bland Disgusting Rotten To describe the way something or someone looks Ugly Hideous To describe how someone feels Bored Guilty Weak To describe the weather Blustery Dreary Severe The Bad To describe an action or behavior Evil Risky Naughty To describe a book, movie, event, place, or Performance Disappointing Dull Uninspiring To describe something’s condition Pitiful Poor

14. To describe the way something or someone looks To describe how someone feels To describe food The Good & The Nice To describe the weather To describe someone’s action or behavior To describe a book, movie, event, place, or Performance To describe something’s condition

15. WORD WALL

16. WORD WALL Sports Occupations Places in town Architect Baseball High School Basketball Carpenter Bus station Football Library Teacher Hockey Bank Lawyer Boxing Post office Carpenter Softball Church Secretary

17. Conclusion • In short, there are manystrategiesthatteachers can use tomakestudentslearn new vocabulary. Thestrategiessuch as vocabularywall, Clozeparagraph, and Web walls are veryusefulbecausetheyincreaselearners´vocabularybuttheyalsomakethem be aware of theproper use of technology.

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