Article - Organizing Your Vocabulary Notebook Many students, when they encounter a new word, tend to write it down in their notebook, together with a translation in their native language. They think that by doing so, they have “learned” the word. Not that simple! You can only say you have “learned” a word when you: know what it means know how to say it know how to spell it know when and when not to use it know the grammar of the word (e.g. which word must follow it) Because you need to know so many things about a word, you should organize your vocabulary notebook in such a way that will help you remember new words. Your vocabulary notebook should be a loose-leaf binder, divided into different sections for different vocabulary types. Here are some examples of useful sections for your vocabulary notebook. "Chunks" are groups of words or phrases which we can often identify as a single unit of meaning. Sample entries in this section will look like this: Many words tend to have specific “partners”. Expressions with Common Verbs
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12 of Wikipedia’s Greatest Sentences The English version of Wikipedia features over 4.1 million entries. If my calculations are correct, I’ve read most of them. While the encyclopedia is a terrific repository of knowledge—particularly if you don’t mind doing a little fact checking on your own—it really shines as a source of collaboratively edited prose. So without further ado, here are the 12 finest sentences in the English Wikipedia: 1. It is not readily apparent whether Boo-Boo is a juvenile bear with a precocious intellect or simply an adult bear who is short of stature. * 2. Even though hamburgers in McDonaldland were anthropomorphized and spoke, they were picked by characters such as Ronald McDonald and the Hamburglar for consumption. * 3. Never an intellect, Curly simply refrained from engaging in "crazy antics" unless he was in his element: with family, performing, or intoxicated. * 4. 8. Getty Images He earned the nickname "Rowdy" by displaying his trademark "Scottish" rage, spontaneity and quick wit. * 9. 10.
Teaching Academic Language and Vocabulary Across the Curriculum Teaching Academic Language and Vocabulary Across the Curriculum provides practices for teaching academic language and vocabulary that are useful in many contexts across the curriculum. Students need to be able to understand the teacher’s explanations, discuss what is being learned, read for different purposes, and write about their learning. We call this type of language academic language, the language that is used by teachers and students for the purpose of acquiring new learning and skills. Vocabulary knowledge is directly related to content knowledge. Vocabulary teaching should concentrate on the words that provide students with a vocabulary that spans the curriculum and is critical for acquiring content knowledge. RBS chief - don’t accept your £1 million bonus Add your name below 84261 signatures and counting! Can you help us reach 100000 signatures today? <p>It looks like you have Java Script turned off. Please turn it back on to see how many people have signed the petition. The petition text: RBS chief - don’t accept your £1 million bonusTo Stephen Hester, RBS chief executive:We the undersigned want to register our disgust at your award of £1 million.RBS is 83% owned by us and we think it is deeply wrong for you to accept this bonus at a time of austerity.We demand that you do the right thing and refuse to accept this massive payout.
12 Horrible Gobbledygook Words We Reluctantly Accepted Just as there is nothing certain in this world but death and taxes, there is nothing certain in language but that it will change, and that people will react badly. One of the changes people find most offensive is the spread of professional jargon that has been coined to replace simpler, clearer words we already have. Anyone up for some collaborative incentivizing going forward? 1. While many people still don't like impact as a verb, contact has settled into verbdom quite comfortably. 2. While interview may have been a proper alternative to contact in 1931, people weren't always friendly to it, at least in the sense where it means the asking of questions by members of the press. 3. These came into fashion in the 1880s, and by 1892, one magazine columnist complained about "the way in which the word Pessimism gets flung about of late … one encounters it at every turn … and it is made to serve as the label of almost every expression of discontent with the existing order of things." 4. 5.
Vocabulary Graphic Organizers Graphic organizers help students to visualize the relationships between words and their possible meanings. Teachers can use these graphic organizers with their explicit vocabulary instruction. These tools may also be used as classroom assessment for learning because they give teachers a quick look at students' vocabulary knowledge. A variety of samples have been provided. Knowledge Rating Scale Frayer Model Word Detective Vocab-O-Gram Graphic Organizer Vocabulary Cluster Own the Word Graphic Organizer Verbal and Visual Word Association (VVWA) Concept Map Graphic Organizer Alphaboxes Websites on Vocabulary Graphic Organizers: Vocabulary Word Box Geometry Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Concept Circles in Math
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