Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.
Knowledge and Skills Statement
Present five new words to students and have them look up the definitions of the words in an electronic, online, or traditional dictionary. Then, have students write the definitions down. Conduct a class discussion about the meanings of the new words. Use those five words in class for several days. Finally, direct the students to write a short story using the five words in context.
Further Explanation
This assessment requires students to learn the meaning of five new vocabulary words and then demonstrate their understanding of these words by using them correctly in a short story.
Research
Richek, M. A. (2005). Words are wonderful: interactive, time-efficient strategies to teach meaning vocabulary: this article presents strategies for introducing and practicing meaning vocabulary. The Reading Teacher, 58(5), 414+. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A128973569/PROF?u=tea&sid=PROF&xid=87eff0a5
Summary: The article presents strategies to help students learn and use new vocabulary. Two strategies help teachers introduce words; four strategies provide motivation and practice so that students grow comfortable using new vocabulary in reading, writing, and speaking.