This document discusses categorizing vocabulary to improve learning and recall. It explains that the brain stores information in categories, and teaches categorizing words by prefixes, suffixes, and root words. An activity has students rearrange words into categories of sports, occupations, and manners of action to practice this skill. The goal is to efficiently store and retrieve words for use, similar to how a library indexes books.

1. Vocabulary 101
Categorisation -
Maximum Efficiency for
Expanding Vocabulary

2. Learning Objectives
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To learn that words can belong to the same
family class.
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To expand our vocabulary in the same lexical
field using our knowledge of prefixes and
suffixes.

3. Introduction
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When you come across new words, you must
be able to store it efficiently.
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Just like a library indexes millions of books so
it can be easily found, our brain has its own
way of indexing information too in categories.
1) School – CCA, studies, homework, teacher
2) Friend – study, play, talk, encourage
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When you think about these two categories,
these are the words or facts you can remember.

4. How our brain works
• Through the process of categorisation, our
brains store many facts.
• Try it yourself. Think about these words:
1) MacDonalds
2) December School Holidays
3) Examinations
Q: Can you recall many facts about these 3
words?
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Categories help you improve vocabulary
knowledge.

5. Categorisation
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Categorisation classifies all words that belong
to the same family class together.
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Prefixes, suffixes and root words also help us
categorise the words we learn.
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Practicing this skill, we are able to store and
recall words for use easily...
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... just like how a librarian stores books
according to their indexes!

6. Learning Activity
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Using prefixes, root words and suffixes to help you,
rearrange these words according to these
categories. Organise them using the Fishbone:
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Sports / Occupation / Manner of Actions
Baker Swimmer Courageously
Quicker Cheerfully Running
Doctor Swimming Carefully Cycling

7. Learning Activity Answers
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The terms that fall the 3 categories are:
1) Sports – Swimming, Cycling, Running
2) Occupation – Baker, Swimmer, Doctor
3) Manner of Actions – Cheerfully, Carefully
Courageously, Quicker

8. Discussion
• Why is it necessary to rearrange the words we
learn into patterns?
• When we are grouping words into families of
words, what are we doing?
• What method can we use to organise words?

9. In Summary
• To help us to store and recall them for use later
easily.
• We are putting words into categories.
• The Fishbone Technique.

10. In Summary
• To help us to store and recall them for use later
easily.
• We are putting words into categories.
• The Fishbone Technique.