CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
1. Determining the Meaning of Words in Context
2. Domain-Specific History/Social Studies Words
3. Vocabulary Strategies and Activities
1. Determining the Meaning of Words in Context
- Lesson on Using Context Clues to Determine Meaning
- Lesson on Learning Meaning in Context with the Declaration of Independence
- Lesson on the Meaning of the Words in the Preamble to the Constitution
- Ideas for Determining the Meaning of Words in Context
- Figuring out the Meaning of Words in Context with LPR3
- Using Context Clues
- Types of Context Clues
- "Clunks and Clues" Graphic Organizer
- Resources for Context Clue Strategies (LD Online)
2. Domain-Specific History/Social Studies Words
- Lesson for Defining "ISM" Words in Social Studies with Visual Thesaurus
- Tier 1, 2, and 3 Words Defined
- Choosing Words to Teach
- Academic Vocabulary Strategies
- Developing Academic Vocabulary
- Developing Vocabulary in Content Areas
- The Importance of Academic Vocabulary Development (Edutopia)
- Oklahoma Academic Vocabulary Lists and Strategies
- Tennessee Academic Vocabulary List by Grade and Subject
- Increasing Classroom Use of Academic Vocabulary (NCTE)
- Selecting Academic Vocabulary for Instruction
- Teaching Content-Specific Academic Vocabulary
3. Vocabulary Strategies and Activities
- The EASE (Enunciate, Associate, Synthesize, Emphasize) Vocabulary Strategy
- - Lesson Plan With Screenwriting and Plot Diagram Resources
- Apps for Vocabulary Building: Flashcard Machine, Vocabulary Central (Pearson), Spelling City, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Trading Cards (IRA)
- Internalizing Vocabulary with Word Maps
- Building Vocabulary with Multi-genre Glossaries (Acrostic, Analogy, Headline, Definition, etc.)
- Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy
- Tips for Teaching Vocabulary
- Ideas for Teaching Vocabulary
- Forty-Six Strategies for Summarization, Vocabulary, etc., with Organizers
- Vocabulary Selection Worksheet
- Social Studies Vocabulary Instruction PowerPoint (Scroll down)
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