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= = = Unit 2 Vocabulary Activities based on Marzano's 6 Step =

Lesson Title and Link:
Here is a sample Inspiration lesson to accompany this lesson. Click to download. You must have Inspiration installed on your machine for use.

Vocabulary Words:

 * Games
 * Favorite
 * Solve
 * Problem
 * World

Step 1:
The teacher explains a new word, going beyond reciting its definition Introduce new vocab words for the stories in this unit.

Step 2

 * Students restate or explain the new word in their own words.
 * Have the students explain what they think they mean.

Step 3

 * Students create a nonlinguistic representation of the word
 * Have students draw a picture to represent the vocab word (for each one) and/or have them find pictures that go along with it. Show examples. They should also be able to explain why it goes along with it.

Step 4

 * Students engage in activities to deepen their knowledge of the new word.
 * Think-pair-share

Step 5

 * Students discuss the new word.
 * Discuss as group

Step 6

 * Students play games to review new vocabulary.
 * Students play Wordstash Game for Unit 2