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Vocabulary

Kate Kinsella & Isabelle Beck

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Kate Kinsella Ed.D Webinar• http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/ReadAbout/research/webina

rs_kinsella.htmKate Kinsella, Ed.D., is a teacher educator in the Department of

Secondary Education at San Francisco State University. She teaches coursework addressing academic language and literacy development in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms. She has maintained secondary classroom involvement by teaching an academic literacy class for adolescent English learners through the University’s Step to College Program. She publishes and provides consultancy and training nationally, focusing upon responsible instructional practices that provide second-language learners and less proficient readers in Grades 4–12 with the language and literacy skills vital to educational mobility.

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Webinar Note Taking Sheets

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DEF: _________ or good for a particular time, situation or ___________

Syn./Ant. Explanation/Examples Image

Inappropriate seminar behavior includes __ (reading the newspaper).

appropriate, adj.

OK, ______

suitable

a•pró•pri•ate

EX: My parents won’t let me see the ____ because they don’t think the ______ is appropriate for kids.

inappropriate

inappropriate seminar behavior

in = ____

Oral Task: Appropriate seminar behavior includes ___ (verb + ing / taking notes).

EX: My parents think the ______ is inappropriate.

Writing Task: Appropriate uses of classroom computers include __ while inappropriate uses include __

Development of Expressive Vocabulary KnowledgeUsing an Explicit Instructional Routine

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Expressive Vocabulary Development:Enhanced Routine for Striving Readers / ELs

ecstatic Adjective, Describing Word

In Class Sentence: I was ecstatic when __

ec stát ic

my older sister took me on a plane trip to San Francisco when I was ten years old.

Homework Sentence: I would be ecstatic if __ I finished writing my book before June.

DEF: really, really happy

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Expressive Vocabulary Development:Enhanced Routine for Striving Readers/ ELs

significant Adjective, Describing Word

1) The Internet has had a significant effect on the music industry. For example, now musicians can _ (verb: base form - introduce) and music lovers can _ (verb: base form - experiment)

2) Fast food contains a significant amount of _ (noun phrase). This is harmful for our health because _ (reason)

sig níf i cantDEF: 1) important

2) large (a significant number or amount is large)

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DEF: correct or good for a particular time, situation or purpose

Syn./Ant. Explanation/Examples Image

Inappropriate seminar behavior includes __ (reading the newspaper).

appropriate, adj.

OK, correct

suitable

a•pró•pri•ate

EX: My parents won’t let me see the film because they don’t think the language is appropriate for kids.

inappropriate

inappropriate seminar behavior

in = not

Oral Task: Appropriate seminar behavior includes ___ (verb + ing / taking notes).

EX: My parents think the language is inappropriate.

Writing Task: Appropriate uses of classroom computers include __ while inappropriate uses include __

Development of Expressive Vocabulary KnowledgeUsing an Explicit Instructional Routine

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Language changes as people grow and learn, as they move from place to place, or as they learn

words for new inventions. Language can also make changes happen, because people learn, think, and feel new things sometimes because of what they hear or read. How has language changed for you

and your family over time?

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Language of the Past

How has language changed from the time when you were a child? What are some words that you used to use as a child that today’s students may not know?

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Regional Language

How has language changed as you have gone from place to place? What are some different words that are used in different regions of the U.S. or in a different country?

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Language of the Present

How has language changed to keep up with the times?

What are some new words that have come into usage since you

were a child?

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Tier 1 words

The most basic words and are the ones that are reasonably easy to teach, usually because there is some

kind of physical referent (blue, elbow, table, run). We need to spend time on them because they show up

frequently and students need to know these words. It is not necessary to spend more time than is required,

though, because they are easier to teach than the other two tiers.

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Tier 2 words

The mother lode of words. These are the high frequency words that are found and used across

domains. Spending time teaching these words deeply, richly, powerfully....that is worth the effort. Knowing

these words will have an impact on students' learning and communication throughout their lives. Words that

could be considered Tier 2 words would include: difference, temperate, omnivore, exaggerate, erode.

You can see that these are words that may have particular meanings in certain content areas, but they

are used in a variety of ways by mature language users.

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Tier 3 words

The words that are much lower frequency words and that are very specific to one domain, usually. For

example; oligopoly, marcato, lithosphere, couplet, univariate analysis. These are important words, but

need to be taught within the context and subject area where they will be used.

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