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Shades Of Meaning

Shades Of Meaning. Samantha Simcik. What is it?. A pre-reading activity that builds students’ vocabulary and understanding of relationships between words. Why does it matter?. Large vocabulary helps students find the “right word” instead of talking circles around in

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Shades Of Meaning

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  1. Shades Of Meaning Samantha Simcik

  2. What is it? • A pre-reading activity that builds students’ vocabulary and understanding of relationships between words.

  3. Why does it matter? • Large vocabulary helps students find the “right word” instead of talking circles around in • In math and science, it is easy for students to be confused by terms • Disengaged students disconnect from material • Students need to understand how these words relate to each other, and change the context of a sentence

  4. Steps • Choose a continuum to be discussed and initiate discussion on ways it can be explained Ex. Light: bright, dim, glaring, glow Our example: Give me words that describe size

  5. Steps 2. Ask students to put these terms into a continuum by writing these on their paint chips Ex. dim glow bright glaring Our example: arrange the words on your chip in a continuum

  6. Steps 3. Ask students to attach paint chip to notebook paper and write a sentence for each of the terms. Discuss how subtle differences between related words can change the sentence.

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