KIM Chart Journal Club

Name: Ashley Heimbach

Reading: In the Media: Expanding Students Experience with Academic Vocabulary

Author: Margaret G. McKeown, Amy C. Crosson, Nancy J. Artz, Cheryl Sandora, Isabel L. Beck
Assignment Due Date: 4/21/15
Complete the following chart, based upon the five most salient Key Concepts in the reading for you.

Key Concept
List the key concepts discussed in the article,
one concept per for.

Robust Academic Vocabulary Encounters

Design of In the Media

Information
What information will help you remember this concept?

Designed to enhance students knowledge of academic words and comprehension

of texts; provides DI selected from the Academic Word List (10 most common
words: analysis, benefit, concept, derived, established, factors, indicate, legal,
method, occur)
Motivate students interest in vocabulary; finding words outside of class would
help students realize these words are important to language

Where can RAVE words be found?

Books were the most common source. television, sports broadcasts, church
activities, social media, posters

What did students gain from In the Media?

Flexibility with word forms and senses, broader set of connections, spurred
student interest in words

Take Action! Next steps

Carefully choose words for DI. Decide on the In the Media rewards. Set
parameters around sources. Determine how you will keep track.

Memory clue
Draw a visual that will
help you remember this key
concept. (NOT
REQUIRED)