Tag Archives: building vocabulary/conceptual knowledge

A Lesson Plan on the Timelines of World History

I was all but certain that I had previously posted this lesson plan on the timeline of global history, but I can’t find it anywhere on Mark’s Text Terminal. So, here is a context clues worksheet on the noun chronology with which I open this lesson. Here is the reading, which is really a list of significant dates in world history; here also are the questions to answer in worksheet form. Finally, here are is the teacher’s copy of the worksheet, i.e. the answers.

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Symbol (n) and Cymbal (n)

Here are five homophone worksheets on the nouns symbol and cymbal.

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A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case “Casey at the Plate”

Here is a lesson plan on the Crime and Puzzlement case “Casey at the Plate.”

I open this investigation with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the concept of a “significant other” as a do-now exercise. Here is a scan of the illustrations and questions that drive the case; finally, here is the typescript of the answer key.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Antibodies

If there is a better time to post this reading on antibodies and its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet, I can’t imagine when it would be.

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Derring-do (n)

It’s an old-fashioned word, and may in fact one of those nouns that the late, great Joseph Mitchell called “tinsel words.” Nonetheless, here is a context clues worksheet on the noun derring-do. It means, for those who have never seen an Errol Flynn film, “daring action” and is often used in the locution “deeds of derring-do.”

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Lesson Plan on the Greek Word Root Biblio-

Here is a complete lesson plan on the Greek word root biblio-, which means, simply, book. This is a very productive root in English (think Bible, among other words). If you are an English or Social Studies teacher, chances are you’ve asked your students to produce a (maybe even an annotated one) bibliography–i.e. some writing, in list form, about books

I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on the noun novel as a way of hinting to students where this lesson is going. Finally, here is the worksheet that is the basis of the learning for this lesson.

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Devise (vt)

Here is a context clues worksheet on the verb devise, which is used only transitively. In other words, don’t forget the direct object naming what you intend to devise.

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A Lesson Plan on the Crime and Puzzlement Case “Of Ghouls and Goblins”

Moving right along this morning, here is a lesson plan on the Crime and Puzzlement case “Of Ghouls and Goblins.”

I open this lesson with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the concept of the role model. Finally, to execute this lesson, you’ll need the PDF of the illustration and questions and the typescript of the answer key.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Troop (n) and Troupe (n)

Here are five homophone worksheets on the nouns troop and troupe.

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Word Root Exercise: Loqu, Locu

To finish the day, here is a worksheet on the Latin word roots loqu and locu. They mean to speak and are very productive in English, particularly with words like loquacious and locution used in educated discourse.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.