Academic Vocabulary- A Brain-based Approach
Overview
Students will acquire new grade-level academic vocabulary by using images to make visual associations, which activiates student's long term memory. This lesson includes all of the information and materials that students need to create a vocabulary poster, share their poster with the class, practice a set of 14 vocabulary words, and take an assessment.
Lesson Plan with Materials linked
Brian-Based Lesson
Lesson Objectives:
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| Grade: 9th Grade Time frame: 30-45 mins | Lesson Title: Academic Vocabulary Poster | ||
| Brain-based Strategies Used in the Lesson: Using images to make visual associations with vocabulary words, which activate student’s long term memory. | Formative or Summative Assessments:Google Form Academic Vocabulary Quiz focusing on associating images with vocabulary words. | ||
| Prior to this lesson: What understanding and/or knowledge was taught prior? Where does this lesson fit in your unit?Prior to this lesson, students have found the definitions of all 14 Academic Vocabulary words. They have also done a practice assignment on Vocabulary.com to help them become familiar with the vocabulary word’s meaning and usage. | |||
| Materials: Include a copy of everything required to teach. Use hyperlinks when possible. You may add additional pages to the bottom of this lesson plan also. Include the assignment that students will be completing.Technology materials: (hardware, websites, video links,etc.)Laptop, Vocabulary.com, Google Slides, Google Forms | |||
| Content Core Standard: (List the standard(s) and then hyperlink it to the standards website.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.6Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. | |||
| Technology used: Laptop, Vocabulary.com, Google Slides, Google Forms | |||
| Time | Materials | Lesson Procedures(Include the materials & technology.) | |
| 5Mins | Academic Vocabulary list | Students look through the list of 14 Academic Vocabulary words and identify the word that they are least familiar with. They will be making a vocabulary poster about this word. | |
| 5 Mins. | Student Example Vocabulary Poster Directions for Vocabulary Poster | Show students a good example of a student-created Vocabulary Poster that includes images that portray the vocabulary word’s meaning.Then, go over the directions for completing a vocabulary poster in Google Slides, and model how to get started for the class. Emphasize the importance of including relevant images that portray the meaning of the vocabulary word. | |
| 25 Mins | Blank Google Slide | Give students the option to go to Google Drive and start their own Google Slides poster, or they can use the blank poster that is posted on the assignment in Google Classrooms. Give them 25 minutes to follow the directions and complete their poster. | |
| 5 Mins. | Organize all of the posters into one Google Slides presentation. Publish the presentation, and show it to the class, displaying each poster for at least 15 second. Discuss each words meaning, and the images associated with each word as the posters are displayed. | ||
| Homework or in-class assignment | Assessment(s): (assignments and/or activities)
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