Vocabulary Development Activity Sheet

Vocabulary Development Activity Sheet
TEKS: (5) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it correctly when reading and writing. Students are
expected to:
(C) Identify and sort pictures of objects into conceptual categories (e.g., colors, shapes, textures); and
Objective: The student will be able to identify colors and match with color words.
Materials: activity sheets Book "My Many Colored Days", video, game, color cards and color words. Vocabulary terms red, blue, yellow, orange, green,
and purple. Color construction paper, scissors
Activities sheets http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/colors/ib–book–color.htm http://www.first–school.ws/t/color–worksheets/1b.htm http:/
/www.first–school.ws/t/color–worksheets/2b.htm Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr3jtrXc_hU,...show more content...
Then, the group activity will be per–table and will switch every fifteen minutes. The students can ask each other if they need help and I will also be
helping the students that need more help than others. I will model for the students in the LCD projector how to do each activity before they begin. I
will trace the color words with the colors that represent the words so that they will know which color goes with each word.
(Examples of differentiated instruction)
For the students that have accommodations or don't understand English, they will be provided Spanish and English directions for better understanding
and they will also have more time to finish the activity with my scaffolding. I will be giving the students feedback at all times, and I will lend a hand
them if I see the students having difficulty at any
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Vocabulary Observation
Data Analysis: I have collected both qualitative and quantitative data in order to understand the impact of vocabulary instruction on reading
comprehension. Based on the surveys, it is clear that students like learning new words and they think vocabulary instruction is important. According to
the survey some students also believe that they can learn new words in other ways and not only at school, however those opportunities are limited
since everyone in their community speaks Chinese. For my second data source, I used my personal observations during reading and writing time.
Observations gave me the chance to observe my students and see how context–based words, in this case science vocabulary, were used in both reading
and writing. According...show more content...
It was an informal meeting in my classroom where I presented my action research project. I started with describing the problem statement and data that
I have collected. According to M. McKinnon (personal communication, June, 14, 2017) her second grade classroom had similar experience during the
last science, writing, and reading unit. She agreed that supporting ELL with explicit vocabulary instruction helped them a lot not only in reading, but in
writing and speaking too. J. Henson (personal communication, June 14, 2017) added that aligning our units of study will support our students better
and give them enough opportunities to practice new vocabulary. He also mentioned that adding tier II vocabulary to our current units of study will be
beneficial for our students. One of the next steps our team needs to work on is adding the vocabulary part to the curriculum maps.
Part 3: Future Actions
Vocabulary instruction plays an important role in developing language with ELL students. After conducting the research project on the importance of
vocabulary instruction and reading comprehension, I expect to continue supporting my students with necessary vocabulary instruction in order to grow
their knowledge of language. I will continue to collaborate with our ELD teacher when selecting vocabulary as well. My future project will be focused
on the best scientifically–based practices to deliver vocabulary instruction to ELL

Vocabulary In Vocabulary
Vocabulary is a crucial part of language that it is unattainable for a language system to achieve without them. Language structure is considered "the
skeleton of the language," it agreed that vocabulary is "the vital organs and flesh" (Harmer, 1991). So learning a language is to learn its vocabulary
first. The acquisition of vocabulary is the central task for second language acquisition, and the language learners' vocabulary competence takes a
prestigious effect on the development and improvement of their ability to listen, speak, read and write (Lewis, 1993). In Vietnam, English education is
intensely concentrated to all over the country and English has become a compulsory subject at all colleges and universities. However, we are often
faced with such a situation: the students, after having learnt English for so many years, can memorize a large...show more content...
In comparing with L2 speakers, native speakers have the knowledge about which words go together and how to use the varied words. Having such
knowledge is one of the vital abilities of native speakers. These mixtures of words are referred to as "lexical phrases". The proper use of lexical phrases
is important to sound like a native speaker (Ellis, 1996), yet this is not so stress–free for non–native speakers of a target language (Vasiljevic, 2008).
Using lexical phrases exactly is essential in order to make language with native–like accuracy or near–native competency. However, even advanced
EFL learners have suffered with lexical phrases. Learners in EFL settings typically have the problem of lacking experience to the target language and
consequently, they are often not aware of the differences in lexical phrases restrictions between the L1 and the L2. The gap between L1 and L2
interferes with the acquisition of lexical phrases in the target language and might "even lead to lexical fossilization" (Vasiljevic, 2008, p.

Teachers who work with English Language Learners know that academic language takes longer to achieve proficiency in than does conversational
language. On average, ELL students need at least two years to achieve conversational language and, five to nine years to develop academic language
proficiency. Many English words ELL students are exposed to in school, they have not yet learned or even heard in their first language, which makes
transference of knowledge impossible. The vast differences in the ability to use conversational versus academic language can be a hindrance to these
students and have lasting effects on their academics and therefore, their lives. I was interested in finding out how teachers can help ELL students to
develop...show more content...
It is common strategy to use visual aides with ELL students; graphic organizers are visual aides. More so, they are a visual aide that the student has a
hand in creating as they enter information in their own words, this helps to make the link to the information more memorable. A graphic organizer is
also an effective study tool for an ESL student. The student can go back to the graphic organizer they created for a particular lesson to review key
points and vocabulary, and even use them as they take notes from their texts. Traditionally, textbooks are written in a compare and contrast format,
which is difficult for students that do not know English text to understand. Mastering this can help young learners to comprehend new information and
increase vocabulary. When a student's understanding of academic words increases, so does the likelihood that they will participate in classroom
activities. This is an all around positive, as participation improves so will, reading comprehension, social skills/self esteem, and vocabulary base.
Understanding the importance of English text structure with regard to ELL students is vital to helping them understand complicated new information
and recall vocabulary. ELL classroom teachers in grades K–3 should understand how important it is for these students to be introduced to informational
text early in their academic careers. These types of text structures offer opportunities to not only increase new knowledge and

English Vocabulary
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
Vocabulary plays an important role in all four aspect which are listening skills, speaking skills, reading skills as well as writing skills. In recent years,
English Language has played an important role in our education system as well as the whole world. I could say that English Language has become "
lingua franca" or medium of communication around the world. It is becoming more and more important and we should learn this language as our
second language in order to stay connected with the world. So, in my opinion, the first step to learn English Language is that we must acquire the
vocabulary of the language. Based on an article that I have read from Alqahtani, M. (2015), vocabulary can be defined as the words of a language.
Vocabulary is central to English language teaching because without sufficient vocabulary students...show more content...
Whereas according to Richards and Renandya (2002) (as cited in Rohmatillah, 2014), vocabulary is a core component of language proficiency and

Essay On Ielts Vocabulary
IELTS Vocabulary | IELTS Vocabulary Practice | Vocabulary for IELTS
You cannot express yourself unless you have sufficient understanding and knowledge of words. It is crucial for fluent speaking and impressive
writing. Vocabulary can be defined as knowledge of word and word meanings. No matter you are preparing for a job interview, English proficiency test
or for a life abroad, you need to build strong vocabulary in order to clear job or embassy interview or get the desired scores in English proficiency tests
like IELTS, PTE, TOEFL or OET. Good IELTS vocabulary is needed if you are preparing to achieve a band 7 or higher. In this article, we will elaborate
the importance of the vocabulary in IELTS and explain how to improve your range of vocabulary.
Improving your vocabulary should be on the top of the priority list if you are preparing for IELTS. Below mentioned are several activities that can
help you train your reading skills for the IELTS test. The main idea behind this training is to help you improve IELTS reading skills.
Read more– Reading would help you train your brain to read and understand the main idea behind the passage. This can be done by reading a book,
novel or a...show more content...
Interested candidates can register to get a free copy of the IELTS study material. If you are facing difficulty inlearning new words or looking to
increase your range of vocabulary for the IELTS test, LinguaSoft's English learning material are the right choice for you. We have developed various
English learning products keeping the varied needs of the learners in mind. Candidates can choose a product according to their learning ability and
level. Our IELTS vocabulary software will help learners learn new words, their synonyms and their usage in the sentences. A regular practice on our
software will help you improve your skills for the IELTS

Vivid Vocabulary In Excerpt B
To be an effective writer, one has to use certain strategies, and approaches instead of just vomiting words all over a paper. A good strategy to start off
with is; creating sentences and thoughts that provoke the reader. In my opinion, if there's no sentences that require the reader to think– the whole essay
has no meaning or punch to it. In Excerpt B the main character of the novel is clearly not in a good spot in life, trying to run away from something
or someone. "I propped myself up with my back to the stone wall and gave myself up to a full, rich recognition of the danger and hopelessness of
my position" (Excerpt B) The reader clearly sees this character is in a lot of trouble. From what, the reader doesn't know. With suspense such as this,
the reader will probably be curious and...show more content...
Vivid vocabulary is key when trying to keep a reader entertained. Whether it be about seeing, smelling, or an ominous force, it will help the reader
stay involved. If a reader doesn't use vivid vocabulary in their essay, it will turn their essay into a dictionary. Excerpt B is no dictionary, It will put
its reader into the dirty situation that the main character is in. The main character found himself in a particularly dirty situation. " There I was, a mud
man in a confusion of noise, flashing lights, and the stink of gelignite"(Excerpt B). The reader can infer from that that the main character is a huge
mess, in the middle of a crazy situation with lots of lights and strange noises. Most certainly cannot be good for the main character. The reader now
knows the character is in big trouble, and it looks like a bleak outcome for this character. In turn using colorful vocabulary stimulates the reader to
continue reading and not being bored whilst doing so. There is one more critical element to writing that can make or break a story/essay, sentence
variety and

Vocabulary Essay In English
Learning another language is never easy. It requires a lot of effort to become competent in that language. Many things have to be considered to be
able to learn well a target language. One question that a learner has to ask himself is what he could focus in learning a language. Vocabulary plays a
vital role in learning any language. Vocabulary is "the knowledge of words and their meanings (Nash & Snowling as cited by Hansen, 2009)." With
vocabulary knowledge, a person can enhance his/her understanding of the written and listening inputs that he/she encounters. Learning words entails
reading and listening, yet, this becomes unattainable without knowing the meaning of the words. As Hazzlitt (1993) says, "if you do not know the
word, you can hardly know the thing (p.51)." Also, vocabulary aids in conveying ideas, thoughts and emotions, may it be written or spoken. Hence,
vocabulary is an indispensable tool in every language....show more content...
This makes the country as the fifth English largest speaking country in the world. However, although Philippines is considered as an English speaking
country, its English hold is now declining compared to its proficiency before. Philstar.com (2002) reported an article, "Study Shows Filipino College
Studes not Proficient in English," stating that college graduating students' English proficiency is only at the basic level of working proficiency which
means that they could hardly understand native English speakers. Also, Macasinag's (2011) article "On the Decline of English Proficiency" stated that
Filipinos are losing their competitive edge with regard to English abilities and that our claim as one of the top speaking countries may no longer be

Listening Vocabulary Study Guide
Listening Vocabulary: Listening vocabulary is the largest type and consists of the words we recognize when listening to speech. Words are learned
through daily experiences and conversation. The more words that are heard the more words that will be understood. Individuals use gestures, tone and
context to enhance their listening vocabulary.
Speaking Vocabulary: Speaking vocabulary, a subset of listening vocabulary, refers to the words that an individual uses in speech. Adults use
approximately 5,000 to 10,000 words for daily conversations.
Reading Vocabulary: Reading vocabulary, another subset of listening vocabulary, refers to the words that are understood when reading. Readers can
understand words that are not used in speaking vocabulary. If a person reads, their reading...show more content...
Word Walls: Words of importance to a classroom, including high frequency sight words or words from a literary unit are placed on the wall in the
classroom.
Academic Word Walls: Words of importance to the class that come from core content subject areas, such as math, social studies and science.
Key Vocabulary: words that come from a child's experience generally for beginner or emergent readers. The teacher asks a student what words (s)he
wants to learn and after instruction is completed the student is asked to discuss the word with as many people as possible. The word is later added to
the child's writing folder or word bank.
Discovery Words: Words that students are exposed to during the course of a school day. Their content subjects and daily vocabulary. These words
should be included in word walls and word banks.
Text Talk: Text talk is a read aloud system used to build listening vocabulary. The books chosen should be above the student's independent reading level.
A)Selection Text: The teacher explains why the text was chosen and the genre of the

My Vocabulary: The Evolution Of A Writer
My writing is strong in several areas: I compose dynamic titles, I construct united paragraphs, and I utilize colorful vocabulary. For example, "The
Evolution of a Writer" seizes a reader's attention while inciting questions of the cause of the writer's evolution. My paragraphs are brought together in a
cohesive manner, each providing support for the thesis and linking to the paragraphs that precede and follow. As for vocabulary, I employ words such
as fervent, genesis, and henceforth with ease.
While I had previous knowledge of the aforementioned strengths, there were two areas I had not expected to excel in: writing a thesis and writing a
conclusion. Though I received positive comments on both areas, neither have been points of strength

Personal Narrative: My Vocabulary
The key to having an sensational essay is to have a breathtaking introduction filled with many powerful and complex vocabulary, that flows through
like a story. Being a writer in a advance placement class, during the beginning of the school year, I was not very confident coming into the class. There
were many concerns regarding my writing ability such as: spelling, punctuation and emphasizing advanced vocabulary. Starting off in this class put a
huge stress load on my back. I was challenged in every aspect in writing, from the nine point scale to minor punctuation mistakes. As the semester
continued, I've developed many new skills such as learning when or when not to use a comma, how to expand my vocabulary and how to use long and
short sentences in order to make the essay's more fascinating. Even though, the essays were very...show more content...
I have discovered by motivating myself to exceed and go beyond expectations as a writer I can achieve much more than what I planned for. I have also
discovered that by illustrating new and unique vocabulary into my writing, it opens a whole new way of thinking about that topic, which is intriguing.
Looking back on my rubrics and the nine point scale to see what I have improved, I can already tell that I dramatically inclined with my writing.
When I first started out in this class, I started with a four. The reason I got a four was because I had many crucial mistakes in my essay that need to
be fix. For starters, when I first began writing my first essay which was the Lord of the Flies I started off my essay with an appalling introduction,
"A leader who is someone that takes risks, does what is best for their tribe and is able to make sure their tribe survives without any

My Vocabulary-Personal Narrative
'During eighth grade I have improved in the department of narrative writing and using better vocabulary in my writing pieces. This year I feel that
my narratives have improved not only in how I write them and the length. I had always had trouble getting enough ideas to put into my narratives,
and I really struggled with finding the right words to make them complete. I also struggled with finding good transition words and putting them
into my story. One of the problems with word choice I had was, I would put the same word in each sentence and it sounded weird, but I had a very
limited range of vocab word that I knew so it was hard for me to find any other good words to use in my pieces. But over time I have expanded my
vocab and it is now very easy for me to find good words to use in my...show more content...
The same was with my transition words. I had a very hard time finding good transition words and not ruining my pieces because I could not find good
vocab. I have improved in narrative writing, and I do enjoy writing narratives much much more than I did back than in sixth grade. Like now I love
to make dark, mysterious narratives like off of a picture or making one up on the spot. I have a lot of ideas for narratives and I love making stories
and reading over them when I am finished here is a little example of a narrative that I wrote this year, " I could feel the branches pulling and
ripping my pants, i cursed under my breath as a low hanging vine cut my newly exposed ankle." this is a little piece of writing and it is a scene
where a man is running through a forest after it has freshly rained. I really like the vocab and the way that iIwrote it, to me it's fun to read and easy
to understand. With the vocab the way that I have really improved, example; I ran through the playground as I hit my head on the chair and than I hit
my head on the ground too. It really hurt. But now I would say, "as I ran through the playground I felt my feet slipping and my head smashing on the
metal

Academic Vocabulary Paper
This paper reviews the research on best practices for teaching academic vocabulary within the classroom. The different types of academic vocabulary
are defined. The common themes presented are the importance of limiting the number of vocabulary words chosen for instruction, providing direct
instruction of vocabulary, providing students with multiple exposures to words, and creating word rich environment within the classroom. The paper
concludes with personal reflection of the author and implications for professional instructional practices.
Key Words: academic vocabulary, direct–instruction– word choice, word–rich environment, word consciousness, instructional practices, vocabulary
instruction
Best Practices in Academic Vocabulary
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It will then present four key components of an effective vocabulary instruction program: word choice, direct instruction of strategies, multiple
exposures to new vocabulary, and creating a word–rich environment. In conclusion the paper will present the authors reflection as well as implications
for instructional practices.
What is Academic Vocabulary?
When discussing academic vocabulary it is important to first understand what academic vocabulary is defined as. In What is Academic Vocabulary?
(Baumann &Graves, 2010, page number?) academic vocabulary is broken into two different categories. Domain–specific academic vocabulary is
vocabulary that is specific to certain content. This is vocabulary that is often found in content textbooks. General academic vocabulary words are words
that appear across content areas. These are words that may have different meanings across content areas depending on the context in which they are
used.
Baumann and Graves also include metalanguage and symbols in academic vocabulary (11, 2010). They define metalanguage as the processes or
expressions that are often used in math. Math often has many symbols that are used to represent objects or mathematical expressions. These are also
part of academic language and need to be taught as

Vocabulary Development: Vocabulary Development
2.5 Vocabulary Development There were several categories of language development that were of interest, namely attention and comprehension,
grammar, expressive language, knowledge of narrative and of literacy and vocabulary development. However, this research will be directed to the
vocabulary development through television and radio. Due to learners of EFL must learn thousands of words that the speakers and writers of English
use daily. In addition, increasing learners' vocabulary is very important since the words that we understand influence our thoughts and our perception of
the world.
2.5.1The relationship between television, radio and vocabulary development Vocabulary is one of the most important aspects oflanguage teaching and
learning. Learning vocabularies will help the EFL to write, speak and read. The lack of vocabulary is the biggest obstacle to learn language.
Communication will be a short–cut if the learners lack the necessary words to...show more content...
This approach was generalized to teaching modern languages. Learning is done by translating to and from the target language. In other words, classes
are taught in the students' mother tongue, with little active use of the target language. Grammar rules are to be memorized and long lists of vocabulary
learned by heart. In addition, there is little or no emphasis on developing oral ability. Grammar instruction provides the rules for putting words together;
instruction often focuses on the form and inflection of words. Whereas reading of difficult texts are begun early in the course of study. However, little
attention is paid to the content of texts, which are treated as exercises in grammatical analysis. Often the only drills are exercises in translating
disconnected sentences from the target language into the mother tongue, and vice versa, while there is little or no attention are given to

Dr. Connor's Vocabulary Answers
A.What were a few of your favorite strategies from Dr. Connor's video? Why?
I think the idea of concept mapping was most poignant for myself in terms of vocabulary learning. I think for most students and explicit vocabulary
instruction, they need to create concrete connections between the words and their frame of reference By allowing the students to add words that were
already in their repertoire, along with the new words could really help them develop their vocabulary. I also really enjoyed the explicit read alouds. I
think by using the words contextually, and then further developing the meanings can also be a very poignant exercise.
B
. Respond to 2 of the 3 required articles – what impressed you from the 2 selected articles and what questions do you have about best practices for
vocabulary instruction? Please reference specific articles and make it clear which ideas came from which articles....show more content...
It is important to note that children from higher socioeconomic backgrounds have higher vocabulary words. I also enjoyed the different
methodologies used to decreasing the gap. In the article, Words Wizards for All, I really appreciated the word wizard approach. I liked how the words
are constantly available for the students to use and that the words are also explicitly taught in an accessible manner. In the article Rationale for
Vocabulary Instruction, I appreciated the approaches to make words come to life. This includes but not limited to exposure through context and
explicitly teaching words. Including in this is an informal assessment process in which uses the level of knowledge in which the student knows
individual words. I think this is important for vocabulary acquisition to see how well students are grasping and comprehending the

My Vocabulary Analysis
I believe that my writing has grown tremendously over the school year. I truly believe that I used more complex vocabulary in my writing since the
first writing assignment that the class participated in. I feel that my initial strengths were able to have an idea of how the flow of my writing will go
but the syntax and word choices were hard to form out. I have learned so much new strong diction that relates to the general topic that is presented in
the question or assignment. I believe that this class has really prepared me for the next part of my education and the latter part of my life.
The most beneficial assignment has been the vocab notebook and the time writing. The notebook improved a lot of my vocabulary because it made me
actually

What Is Vocabulary?
Most of English language learners are aware that learning vocabulary is a vital and absolutely necessary part during their learning. A good command
of vocabulary is important for English learners, especially for those who need to master English for specific purposes. Paul Nation describes how
learners should deal with specific vocabulary by stating: "It is wise to direct vocabulary learning to more specialized areas when learners have mastered
the 2000 –3000 words of general usefulness in English." (1974: 68)
In order to survive the challenges of advanced vocabulary usage, learners should be taught various types of vocabulary, its usage, and specific
approaches that will help them acquire vocabulary. (Brooks, 2008: 153–154) So what is vocabulary?
"Vocabulary can be defined as the words of alanguage, including single items and phrases or chunks of several words which convey a particular
meaning, the way individual words do. Vocabulary addresses single lexical items– words with specific meaning – but it also includes lexical phrases or
chunks. Vocabulary is central to English language teaching because without sufficient vocabulary students cannot understand others or express their
own ideas. It is said that while without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed."...show more content...
As it can be guessed from the word 'core', core vocabulary refers to those words that are used frequently and are more important to the language than
other words. According to McCarthy, people prefer using such words because they have core meaning–potential. These words are meant to be 'core'
because they are easy to find an antonym or a synonym for. Moreover, they are neutral in formality and usable in a wide dimension of situations.
Furthermore, these core words can be used to paraphrase or give definitions of other words. (McCarthy, 2008:

The Importance Of English Academic Vocabulary
Introduction
There are many students choosing to study abroad, most of them are choosing the developed countries as their first choice, such as the US, UK and so
on. Thus, learning English well is an important factor for students to study abroad. In addition, it is often claimed that vocabulary is the foundation of
the language competence, thus insufficient academic vocabulary knowledge would be a key challenge for students to study. Most students spend much
time on learning English vocabulary, but the result is not very good. Therefore, it probably needs to find the most effective ways to improve students
learning efficiency. This essay will examine some research and find out the effective ways for international students to learn the English academic
vocabulary.
Definition of the English Academic Vocabulary
First of all, according to Gardner and Davies (2014), the Academic Vocabulary List is based on a 120–million–word academic sub–corpus of the Corpus
of Contemporary American. In addition, there are two different ways to define the academic vocabulary, domain–specific academic vocabulary and
general academic vocabulary. The domain–specific academic vocabulary includes the low–frequency words and phrases, and these terms and words are
included in content area textbooks and other technical materials. The general academic vocabulary includes the words that are modest frequency from
academic domains but not in literary texts, and sometimes general academic vocabulary have

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