7th Grade English Vocabulary - Unit 1 Day 1

Lesson Plan

Get Wordy With It Week 1

Common Core Standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7. Deter!ine or clari"y the !eaning o" un#no$n and !ulti%le-!eaning $ords and %hrases based on grade 7 reading and content& choosing "le'ibly "ro! a range o" strategies.

Time Allotted: 30-35 minutes Materials Needed: Vocabulary worksheets for every student sam!le sentences Today"s #ords: as!ire e!idemic incident mellow oration retort whim $%ne Minute& 'esson %b(ectives ) can determine the !art of s!eech of the word* ) can !ut the definition of the word into my own words after understandin+ its meanin+* ) can show my understandin+ of the word by usin+ it in a sentence ) can show my understandin+ of the word by namin+ synonyms and antonyms* $%ne Minute& ,ass out vocabulary worksheets* -.!lain to students that they must fill out the vocabulary s/uares for every word as we are discussin+ the word* Ask students to rate their understandin+ $formative assessment& of each word before and after it was discussed* $0our Minutes !er word a!!ro.imately 12 minutes total& -Repeat this same process for every vocabulary word. -3se random callin+ when askin+ any /uestion of students* 4* Ask a student to try to !ronounce the word* 5tudents may use dictionaries to hel!* 1* 6ive students sam!le sentence* 3* 7uestion 8 9#hat can you tell me about the meanin+ of the word from the sentence:; <* -.!lain definition to student* =emind them to write the definition in their own words* 5* Ask students to com!lete the remainder of the re/uired information for the word* >* #hile students are com!letin+ the information for each word draw a !icture or +ra!hic on the board to re!resent the word* -.!lain to students that they can use this !icture if it hel!s them remember the word but they are free to create their own drawin+ if they wish* $=e!eat ste!s 4-> for every word& ?* Transition to class readin+ or other !lanned activity for the remainder of class time leavin+ 3-5 minutes to s!are at the end of class for students to com!lete their ticket out*
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7th Grade English Vocabulary - Unit 1 Day 1

Lesson Plan

2* @losureA0ormative Assessment: Ticket out the door: 5tudents will com!lete a ticket out $formative assessment&* Ask students to write for a few minutes about somethin+ they did this weekend usin+ at least one of the vocabulary words discussed in the lesson* @ollect as the bell rin+s*
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