What Does Vocabulary Victor Do Vocabulary Victor helps
What Does Vocabulary Victor Do? Vocabulary Victor helps you to: Give/explain the meaning of words in context. This means that he is there to help you to work out the meaning of words you don’t know. He helps you to do this by looking at the words or phrases you’re unsure of in context. This means using the story so far, the sentences around them and what you already know about the plot to figure out what the word or phrase must mean.
When Have We Seen Vocabulary Victor? Vocabulary Victor questions appear quite a lot when someone is trying to check that you understand what you have read. Here are some examples: Click on the image to find out more.
What Might Vocabulary Victor Ask? Vocabulary Victor might ask questions like these: What does this word tell us about the character? Look at that sentence and circle a word that means the same as… Which word makes us think that the main character is…? Why did the author use this word to describe…? What might that mean? What do you think the author is saying when they write…?
Let’s Explore Vocabulary Victor Questions Together Read the extract from Our Teachers Are Superheroes and answer the questions as a class. Click on the image to read the text. Read the rest of the story here.
Let’s Explore Vocabulary Victor Questions Together Read the extract from Our Teachers Are Superheroes and answer the questions as a class. Miss Higgins was posing the question… Which of these words is closest in meaning to the phrase ‘posing’ in this sentence? Select one. telling asking correcting moving Find and copy a word from the second paragraph which means the same as interest. Benji has a mischievous streak that bordered on irritating. . . Choose the best description of Instictively, her head snapped to the left… what do you think Caring yet rude Cheeky yet annoying Clever yet funny Naughty yet lovable instinctively means in this sentence? Benji based on this phrase.
Summing Up Vocabulary Victor Prove your understanding of what Vocabulary Victor does by answering the following questions: What does Vocabulary Victor help you to do? What sort of question might Vocabulary Victor ask? What do you think Vocabulary Victor would give as his top tip?
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