Vocabulary Lesson Amanda and the Wounded Birds

Objectives:

Essential Vocabulary
Materials/ Resources

Students are able to understand the meaning of the word

in a specific context.
Students are able to use the vocabulary items correctly in
discourse.

Powerpoint Presentation
Handouts
1. BREAK IT DOWN - strategy for inferring words
2. BREAK IT DOWN Thinking map
3. Words to Know practice page

Activating Strategy
Guided practice

Presentation of thinking map/ strategy for inferring words

Pair work: Students apply the strategy and infer meaning
Fly swatter game to match the definitions to the vocabulary
Write basic derivatives of target vocabulary on the board with the
contribution of the students. I will fill in the derivatives they do
not know and cannot guess.