A Vocabulary Buffet Cooks Kim Haggerty Leestown Middle

A Vocabulary Buffet

Cooks: Kim Haggerty, Leestown Middle Angel Peavler, Stonewall Elementary Margaret Rintamaa, University of Kentucky

Appetizer: 3 x 3 Brainstorm three-word phrases that relate to the word “vocabulary. ” Page 1

First Course: Generating Vocabulary Page 1

The animal kept coming, and now I could see all of it: the pointed snout, the steel gray upper body in stark contrast with the ghostly white belly, the symmetry of the pectoral fins, the awful knife blade of the dorsal fin. The tail fin swung powerfully back and forth, propelling the enormous body toward me. It came slowly, steadily, as if it had no need for speed, for it knew it could not be stopped.

1. Read your text, noting the words that you find interesting and/or important. *“Great White Shark” (pages 2 -3) *from Shark Life (pages 4 -5) *from Devil’s Teeth (pages 6 -7) (Texts can be differentiated. )

2. Find your group. 3. With your group, make a list of words that you found interesting and/or important.

4. Think of some synonyms for the words that you wrote. Add them to your list.

5. Organize your group's words into categories. If you need more structure, organize them based on how they might be used (nouns, verbs. . . ).

Look at the image, and list words that are related to the science of sharks (biology, ecosystem, etc. ).

Extension: Paraphrasing and Summarizing

Second Course: Colorful Language (page 7)

Colorful Language Presented by Angel Peavler

What do these things have in common? Shared Reading Parts of Speech Super Sentences Revision Editing

Shared Reading The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, or, What You Are By Gwendolyn Brooks � � . The crocodile cried. The lion sighed. The leopard sneered. The jaguar jeered. The antelope shouted. The panther pouted. Everyone screamed �

Shared Reading The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, or, What You Are By Gwendolyn Brooks � � . The crocodile cried. Have students describe each The lion sighed. animal. The leopard sneered. The jaguar jeered. The antelope shouted. The panther pouted. Everyone screamed �

Shared Reading The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, or, What You Are By Gwendolyn Brooks � � . The scary crocodile cried. The bored lion sighed. The spotted leopard sneered. Have students describe each animal. The ferocious jaguar jeered. The peaceful antelope shouted. The black panther pouted. Everyone screamed �

Shared Reading The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, or, What You Are By Gwendolyn Brooks � � . The scary crocodile cried softly. Have students The blue lion sighed sadly. each The spotted leopard sneered bravely. describe how the The ferocious jaguar jeered angrily. animal acted. The peaceful antelope shouted fearfully. The black panther pouted secretly. Everyone screamed �

Traits of Writing

Traits of Writing: Word Choice

Traits of Writing: Ideas Add Remove Move Substitute The terrified antelope fearfully screamed in the savanna.

Traits of Writing: Conventions Capitalize Order Punctuation Spelling The terrified antelope fearfully screamed in the savanna.

Colorful Vibrant Walls that Teach

More Colorful Ideas

Resources Super Sentences and Perfect Paragraphs by Mack Lewis 6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide, Grades 3 and Up by Ruth Culham The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, or, What You Are By Gwendolyn Brooks

SIDE DISH �Same word, different parts of speech! �(page 9)

Third Course: Word Parts Word Families—English and Spanish • (page 9) • Content-Related Roots • • (page 10)

Word MAPS • Breaking Words Down • Color Coding pages 11 -12

• Illustrated Vocabulary • Word Biographies • Etymology page 13

Dessert: Word Play • Trading Cards • SAVI—Student Activated Vocabulary Instruction page 13

D 3 Draw It! Describe It! Do It! page 14

Board Game Variations Websites page 15

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