63. PERSONAL VOCABULARY JOURNAL (Writing)
Description: This method allows each student to create a unique journal that records new, different, and unfamiliar vocabulary.
Application: Use this method when students are researching or reading new material.
Process: Tell students to bring a small spiral-bound notebook to class and label it “Vocabulary Journal.” Emphasize that this journal is only for vocabulary. As students are assigned readings, direct them to write words that are unfamiliar or strange; words that are new, different, challenging, foreign, and/or fun are examples. Remind them to leave a space for the definition or explanation of the word. Encourage students to comment on the word, perhaps by writing an emotional response or drawing a picture to highlight the meaning.
Description: This method allows each student to create a unique journal that records new, different, and unfamiliar vocabulary.
Application: Use this method when students are researching or reading new material.
Process: Tell students to bring a small spiral-bound notebook to class and label it “Vocabulary Journal.” Emphasize that this journal is only for vocabulary. As students are assigned readings, direct them to write words that are unfamiliar or strange; words that are new, different, challenging, foreign, and/or fun are examples. Remind them to leave a space for the definition or explanation of the word. Encourage students to comment on the word, perhaps by writing an emotional response or drawing a picture to highlight the meaning.
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63. Personal Vocabulary Journal
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63. Personal Vocabulary Journal
http://www.readwritethink.org