Starting with a Definition

A suggested procedure:

1. Write the word on the board with part of speech and phonemic transcription, as it
would appear in the dictionary.
2. Ask the students to discuss the meaning of the word with a partner.
3. Tell the students you would like them to write an approximate definition of the
word and give them a couple of minutes to do so.
4.  Students compare definitions with a parter, then work together to write one.
5. Students compare with another pair.
6. T asks ss for their definitions.  This stage is interesting as some students usually
explore slightly different parameters of meaning.
7. T writes dictionary definition on the board for students to compare.

Pictionary lead in

SS are given context vocab to draw to guess e.g. animals