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Supplementing
the Lesson
A video segment, with class discussion, print, and web lessons, makes a
fine lesson. But you may want to bring in outside resources. For example,
with a lesson on developing vocabulary through reading, dictionaries would
be a natural addition. Here are a couple ways you could use dictionaries
with your students:
• Arrange students in pairs. Have students find
a new word in the dictionary and write a sentence using
this word that deliberately incorporates the context
clues explained in the print lesson “Stuck on a
Word?” Students
should swap sentences with their partners and try to figure out the meaning
of the word. Finally, urge students to check their work by looking up the
word.
• Play the Dictionary Game. (This works best with
classes of less than ten students.) Distribute index cards
or small pieces of paper. Ask a volunteer to find a word
in the dictionary that no one knows and write down the
definition, either paraphrasing or copying directly from
the dictionary. Instruct the other students to write
down fake definitions. Collect and shuffle the cards.
Read them aloud twice, once to give students a chance
to evaluate the choices and then again, at which point students should
raise their hands when they hear what they think is the correct definition.
Award one point to each student who voted for the correct definition and
one point for every person a student fooled with his/her fake definition.
Repeat, using a different volunteer.
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