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READ
I love vocabulary. It’s so interesting. I keep a vocabulary notebook and write down all the new words that I think are interesting. If I see or hear an English word I write it down and look up the meaning in a dictionary. I then see if there are other words that belong to the family of my new word. For example, the other day I learnt that the word ‘book’ is also a verb. It means reserve a room in a hotel. When I looked in the dictionary I also learned ‘booking’ and then ‘make a booking’ and ‘cancel a booking’. I’m glad I looked at this word because my vocabulary has increased a little more – it was easy. After that my friend told me ‘mean’ has many meanings. I’m going to find out what they are right now.
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THE ACTIVITIES
LISTENING GAP FILL
I love vocabulary. It’s so interesting. I keep a vocabulary notebook and _________________ new words that I think are interesting. If I _________________ English word I write it down ___________________ meaning in a dictionary. I then see if there are other words that belong to _________________ new word. For example, the other day I learnt that the word ‘book’ _________________. It means reserve a room in a hotel. When I looked in the dictionary I also learned ‘booking’ and then ‘_________________’ and ‘cancel a booking’. I’m glad I looked at this word because my vocabulary has increased a little more – it was easy. After that my friend told me ‘mean’ has _________________. I’m going to _________________ they are right now.
CORRECT THE SPELLING
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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
Write five GOOD questions about vocabulary in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
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Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
WRITING
Write about vocabulary for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.
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HOMEWORK
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about vocabulary. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about vocabulary. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. VOCABULARY POSTER Make a poster about vocabulary. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.
5. MY VOCABULARY LESSON: Make your own English lesson on vocabulary. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.
6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on vocabulary. Share your findings with the class.
ANSWERS
Check your answers in the article at the top of this page.
