Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Nevada Reading Week Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Vocabulary: The Write Way The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor Max’s Words by Kate Banks

Nevada Reading Week Links to online resources I discuss This is not only my PowerPoint I use to present, but it also serves as an electronic version of the handout that you’ll want to eventually save and hang onto if you want to access the following: Links to online resources I discuss Links to investigate any cited book titles on Amazon Links to copies of student and teacher models that can be printed with high quality resolution. Save and share this PowerPoint! Before April 1, visit my homepage (http://corbettharrison.com) and look near the top of the main page for the link that says “Vocabulary – The Write Way” with Nevada Reading Week written below it. Right-click on the blue, underlined link. Save this PPT file somewhere safe so you have direct links to all my resources.

Nevada Reading Week Click here to open the five Vocabulary Bingo cards I used during this session. The file is a Word file.

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Nevada Reading Week Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) First of all, know I maintain a website where you can freely access materials for improved writing instruction. I have a page just for “Vocabulary Workshop” resources.

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Nevada Reading Week Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) In my “Vocabulary Workshop”: Students choose from the vocabulary they’ve encountered in our readings. They select words based on this question: “Do I see myself using this word in my future and, if so, where and how?” Students “publish” their words, using a small writing or research assignment to show they understand the words and can think about them in new contexts. Students share their words and their writings with each other, attempting to persuade a fellow classmate to add the word to his/her vocabulary too. Many student examples at my Pinterest Board!

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Nevada Reading Week Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) In my “Vocabulary Workshop”: Students choose from the vocabulary they’ve encountered in our readings. They select words based on this question: “Do I see myself using this word in my future and, if so, where and how?” Students “publish” their words, using a small writing or research assignment to show they understand the words and can think about them in new contexts. Students share their words and their writings with each other, attempting to persuade a fellow classmate to add the word to his/her vocabulary too. Many student use this computer template for collecting.

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Nevada Reading Week Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Eventually, students start creating their own ways to present their words for the week, and they start designing their own writing activities. Many student examples at my Pinterest Board!

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Nevada Reading Week Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) The first ten writing tasks I taught my students are all featured at my Vocabulary Resource Page. Over the years, my students have inspired these six additional vocabulary writing tasks, four of which have write-ups at my Vocabulary Resource Page too: Anatomy of a Vocabulary Word Word Art Fake Vocabulary App Fake [Horror] Movie Poster Superhero/Supervillain Personification Vocabulary “Yo Mamma Jokes” These four are links to full lessons on line!

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Nevada Reading Week Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Today’s session: five writing tasks (out of the sixteen I use) Today’s session: five writing tasks (out of the sixteen I use) Vocabulary Haiku Word Art Personifying Vocabulary Words Showing Sentences Decorated Antonym/Synonym List

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Nevada Reading Week Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Today’s session: five writing tasks (out of the sixteen I use) Please note that each vocabulary writing task… Makes use of a Mentor Text! Provides a teacher-made model! Shares a rubric with success criteria! Has student samples for comparison! Requires thinking about context.

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Vocabulary Haikus Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) My mentor text: My teacher model: If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Vocabulary Haikus Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Rubric: A student model:

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Vocabulary Haikus Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Rubric: Another student model:

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Vocabulary Word Art Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) My mentor text: My teacher model: The Very Inappropriate Word by Jim Tobin

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Vocabulary Word Art Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Rubric: A student model:

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Vocabulary Word Art Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Rubric: Another student model:

Personified Vocabulary Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) My mentor text: My teacher model: Miss Alaineus by Debra Frasier

Personified Vocabulary Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Rubric: A student model:

Personified Vocabulary Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Rubric: Another student model:

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Showing Sentences Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) My mentor text: My teacher model: Show, Don’t Tell by Josephine Nobisso

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Showing Sentences Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Rubric: A student model:

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Showing Sentences Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Rubric: Another student model:

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Antonyms/Synonyms Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) My three mentor texts: My teacher model: Boris Ate a Thesaurus by Neil Steven Klayman Thesaurus Rex by Laya Steinberg The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus by Jen Bryant

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Antonyms/Synonyms Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Rubric: A student model:

Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Antonyms/Synonyms Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com) Rubric: Another student model:

Nevada Reading Week Find four words from your Bingo Card that you are willing to explore through a short piece of original writing! Click here to open the five Vocabulary Bingo cards I used during this session. The file is a Word file.

Nevada Reading Week Vocabulary Haiku Word Art Personified Vocabulary Showing Sentences Decorated Antonym/Synonym lists ______________________ Click here for the online vocab form, if you brought your device today! Sketch-draft four short pieces of writing based on the four vocabulary words. You will create a different piece of writing for those four words, choosing a different writing activity for all four of your words. Be prepared to share and explain your metacognition.