Ch 11: Vocab., Acad. Lang., Bkgrd Knowledge (Instruction and Assessment) (20%)

Question 0

contextual redefinition

Answer 0

uses the context surrounding the target word and the power of cooperative learning

especially effective when teaching words from a story in a basal reader or from a chapter is a social studies or science text

example: teacher searches for word in a text, finds multiple sentences where the word appears and puts in on a worksheet, students write the definition independently first then work in groups of three to come up with a second definition, teacher displays the sentence where the word appears and whole class discusses, teacher asks volunteers to read their definition, teacher selects accurate one

Question 1

word consciousness

Answer 1

interest in words and their meanings

Question 2

semantic maps

Answer 2

also called word maps or semantic webs, diagrams

useful in prereading instruction because they teach the meaning and activate prior knowledge

effective tool for teacher guided discussion about a word

Question 3

semantic feature analysis

Answer 3

good teaching activity for set of words that share at least one characteristic

teacher creates a grid or matrix that identifies the traits of the target words, children place a + or - under each trait the word shares

Question 4

instructional strategies for struggling readers

Answer 4

• focus on key vocabulary and nontechnical academic language
• reteach what was not mastered
• provide concrete examples
• use visual, kinesthetic and tactile activities

Question 5

instructional strategies for EL

Answer 5

• capitalize on cognates (words that look alike or mean the same thin in two languages)
• provide concrete examples
• build knowledge in english morphemes (common roots, prefixes, suffixes
• teach english syntax (order in which words appear in sentences) because this is different in other languages