This document provides strategies for effectively building vocabulary, including activating prior knowledge, explicitly and implicitly teaching word meanings through definition, context, and morphemic analysis, and building accountability through activities like vocabulary squares, circles, and scavenger hunts.

1. Vocabulary Building By David Woo

2. How to Learn Words? Activate prior knowledge (schemata) Combine students’ knowledge Systematically organize knowledge Analyze words from all angles Become responsible for understanding the word

3. Semantic Mapping Brainstorm words Group them together Label them appropriately

4. Explicit Teaching of Meaning Define words for students Implicit Teaching of Meaning Contextual Analysis Morphemic Analysis Phonemic Analysis

5. Morphemic Analysis Break apart words into prefixes, suffixes and roots. Become familiar with common morphemes.

6. Contextual Analysis Learn from clues in the text Surrounding Sentences Examples Synonyms; Antonyms Definitions Phonemic Analysis Learn systematic pronunciation of words

7. Building Accountability Vocabulary Squares Mnemonic Devices Linguistic Scavenger Hunts Vocabulary Self-collection Strategy Assessment

8. Vocabulary Squares Write the word. Define it (or break down morphemes). Provide an example (of a sentence or similar words). Use a mnemonic device.

9. Vocabulary Circles Select the word that doesn’t fit and explain why it doesn’t belong with the other three.

10. Linguistic Scavenger Hunts Words formed with the Roman alphabet yet not English. Semiotics – words formed with symbols Mnemonic device - login