1. 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

2. Nevada Reading Week Links to online resources I discuss
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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.
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3. Nevada Reading Week Click here to open
the five Vocabulary Bingo cards I used during this session. The file is a Word file.

4. Corbett Harrison (corbettharrison.com)
Nevada Reading Week
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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.

5. 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!

6. 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.

7. 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!

8. 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!

9. 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

10. 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.

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Vocabulary Haikus
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My mentor text:
My teacher model:
If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky

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Vocabulary Haikus
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Rubric:
A student model:

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Vocabulary Haikus
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Rubric:
Another student model:

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Vocabulary Word Art
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My mentor text:
My teacher model:
The Very Inappropriate Word by Jim Tobin

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Vocabulary Word Art
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Rubric:
A student model:

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Vocabulary Word Art
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Rubric:
Another student model:

17. Personified Vocabulary
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My mentor text:
My teacher model:
Miss Alaineus by Debra Frasier

18. Personified Vocabulary
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Rubric:
A student model:

19. Personified Vocabulary
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Rubric:
Another student model:

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Showing Sentences
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My mentor text:
My teacher model:
Show, Don’t Tell by Josephine Nobisso

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Showing Sentences
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Rubric:
A student model:

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Showing Sentences
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Rubric:
Another student model:

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Antonyms/Synonyms
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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

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Antonyms/Synonyms
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Rubric:
A student model:

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

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

27. Nevada Reading Week Vocabulary Haiku Word Art
Personified Vocabulary
Showing Sentences
Decorated Antonym/Synonym lists
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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.