In any classroom, vocabulary is a critical component for expanding student knowledge. A perfect way for students to practice vocabulary skills is to create Storyboards that show the use of a word in a real life context, or visually depict the word's meaning. When students define a word and use it in context, they better retain it as part of their own vocabulary.
In this activity, students demonstrate their understanding of vocabulary words using a Frayer Model. After choosing a word, students provide a definition, quote, examples (synonyms), and non-examples (antonyms) of the word. Students may be provided the vocabulary words, or they can use words that they have discovered through their reading of the poem.
n. a line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it
"I battered the cordons around me"
barrier, line, row, chain, ring, circle, picket line, close off
combine, desegregate, free, join, let go, unite, release
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Student Instructions
Create a Frayer Model for one of the vocabulary words from "Your World".