1. You, your group, and a gaggle of great words!
Vocab Skits
You, your group, and a gaggle of great words!

2. Why Vocabulary?
Vocabulary acquisition is crucial to academic development
Basic skills
Specialized vocab (jargon) in content areas
Vocabulary acquisition is directly related to reading comprehension

3. Why This Way? In context vs. out of context Levels of word knowledge
Associative: link with specific definition or context
Comprehension: use definition to find antonym or categorize
Generative: define in own words, use in sentence

4. The Benefits of What We’ll Do
Discover meaning multiple ways:
Given definition
My example sentence
Discussion with peers
Use in context
You’ll hear the word multiple times
Use of association
Your only chance to have fun! (really!)

5. Each week…
You will be given 15 minutes to begin work on your vocab skit with your group
Need more time? You’ll need to find it on your own
Skits will be presented each Wednesday

6. The Details: 10 vocab words
Use contextually (use synonyms to prove to me you know the word!)
2-3 minute skit
Must show evidence of preparation

7. The Weekly Rubric: _____ TOTAL 20 ___(5) Has a complete storyline
___(10) Uses all vocab words contextually, showing meaning
___(1) Includes all group members
___(1) Is appropriate for class
___(1) Each member has a written script
___(2) Between 2-3 minutes
_____ TOTAL 20

8. Won’t be here on Wednesday?
The only make-up for vocab skits is to write and present a poem to the class
You have one week to complete the poem from date of absence
Poem rubric will be given to you as requested
Similar concept to skits--use all words in context in a line poem
Must have a relevant illustration