Student Learning Map

  • Topic:Vocabulary Development
  • Subject(s):Other
  • Days:45
  • Grade(s):11, 12
Key Learning: Effective readers use specific vocabulary strategies to comprehend a variety of texts.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 
How are vocabulary strategies useful in the reading process? How can expanding my vocabulary aid my comprehension of text?
   
Concept: Prefixes/Suffixes
Concept: Root Words
Concept: Synonyms and Antonyms
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How can learning prefixes and suffixes help me increase my vocabulary and help me comprehend text? (A)

Lesson Essential Question(s):

How can learning root words help me increase my vocabulary and help me better comprehend text? (A)

Lesson Essential Question(s):

How can learning synonyms and antonyms help me increase my vocabulary and help me comprehend text? (A)

Concept: Multiple meaning words
Concept: Homonyms/Homophones
Concept: Context clues
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How can I understand the words in a text when some have more than one definition? (A)

Lesson Essential Question(s):

How can learning homonyms and homophones help me increase my vocabulary and help me comprehend the text? (A)

Lesson Essential Question(s):

How can I use context clues to help me determine the meaning of unfamiliar words? (A)

Additional Info:

reading or literature series and resources, Reader's Handbook, graphic organizers, word walls, analogies, vocabulary instructional materials, thesaurus

Vocabulary Report

  • prefix and suffix list -
  • prefix -
  • implied meaning -
  • homonym/homophone list -
  • multiple meaning -
  • homonym/homophone -
  • same/different -
  • base words -
  • list -
  • and -
  • modifier -
  • Latin/Greek roots -
  • denotative -
  • same/opposite -
  • conjunction -
  • suffix -
  • Latin/Greek affixes -
  • connotative -
  • definition -
  • list -
  • synonym -
  • antonym -
  • inference -
  • comparison -
  • example/ nonexample -
  • signal/transition word -