Vocabulary

Abstract Research has shown that there is a major vocabulary gap between English Learners and non-English Learners. Several studies indicate math vocabulary to be an area of big concern. There are various strategies to help English Learners with this frustrating task. This action research project focuses on the use of a vocabulary strategy, using the Frayer Model, a graphic organizer, to help English Learners use and understand math vocabulary. The participants for this study are three third…

The first thing that I noticed when I opened Brave New World and began reading was that Aldous Huxley has a very extensive vocabulary when he would say things like, “Wintriness responded to wintriness” (Huxley, p.3). I had absolutely no idea what that meant until I looked it up. This fact made the book seem like I was reading another one of those horrid books that you are forced to read in school that no one, except the teacher, understands. Despite that fact I kept reading, because this is for…

1. Unfathomable Definition- not able to be understood Sentence- Marco always mumbles. He’s sometimes unfathomable and hard to understand. 2.Roguishly Definition- playfully mischievous Sentence-- Robbie likes to make bombs and play with fire and knives. We all know he is very Roguish. 3.Nonchalantly Definition- coolly unconcerned, unexcited; casual Sentence-- I nonchalantly walked through the explosions, they didn’t hurt me. In fact they made me look cooler. 4.Digested Definition- to…

community, and the future. Specifically, an elementary school teacher must focus on teaching vocabulary since it is one of the building blocks of learning to read, write, and speak. Barbara Wasik and Charlene Iannone-Campbell published an article, Developing Vocabulary Through Purposeful, Strategic Conversations, and the article is intended to provide the audience with research to support the importance of vocabulary development, a description of the difference between “conversations versus…

school. I was going to have so much fun tonight. I was going to go trick or treating with my neighbors, Sophie and Abbie. But it felt like school was going to last all day. I sat as I listened to each and every subject. Math, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary. It was so boring. I am only in 3rd grade. Thats right, 3rd grade. This should not be happening to me, it's torture. “Ok class, you can pack up your bags now”, said the teacher as kids were already out of their seats. “I will dismiss…

Maddie Healy Unit 10 Vocabulary Story Ruby had never been a litigant before, and she never thought she would. Until today. On that rainy, muddy day, similar to something out of a dramatic movie, that Ruby drove to court, changed her life forever. Growing up with all the right intentions and morals, she had been known as a “good girl”. Ruby always steered herself out of trouble whenever there was even the slightest possibility. For some people, this was new to them: avoiding trouble, but it was…

APWH Unit 1 Vocabulary Bryan Wilson and Josh Miller Patriarchal-where the “mantel” was passed down through generations through the men. Due to food surplus, not everyone had to be outside working. It was a society dominated by men. Egalitarian-everybody is equal, prominent in the Paleolithic Era and created a sense of community throughout civilizations. Iron Weapons- weapons made by iron used for the…

to enough school dances, or maybe not going to enough football games. Strangely enough, I don’t regret any of those things; I regret not starting debate early enough. In my short time with the debate team I was able to learn how to refine my vocabulary, my capacity to think well on my feet, and most importantly my ability to publically speak. Each debate was an opportunity for me to engineering a round, winning line of argument, to improve a witty retort, and crafting poignant rebuttals.…

In Vocabulary Instruction Goes “Old School”, Suzanne Kail shares her experiences and trials as she is forced by her school’s English department to have all of her students “learn and memorize Latin or Greek roots and their definitions as a technique to enhance vocabulary skills” (Kail, 63). I will first address Kail’s initial reluctance to teach the Latin roots to her students, followed by the experiences that changed her feelings about the activity. I will then apply content from our unit on…

The printing press made life better for people in many ways. It made it easier to publish written material and led to an expanding market of people learning and desiring to read. As Baugh and Cable indicate, by Shakespeare’s time “…it is probable that not less than a third and probably as many as half of the people could at least read.” (199). Baugh and Cable give another interesting statistic as consequence of the printing press, “The number of books printed before the year 1500 reaches the…