1. To know and say who someone is or what something is
identify
identificar

2. Method of Direct Vocab Instruction - Step One

3. Method of Direct, Robust Vocabulary Instruction - 2
Choose an activity for the students to complete
“Think Pair Share”
Then, think share with a partner

4. Vocab Instruction - 3
Which would you rather identify - a kind of bird or a kind of snake? Why?
Which would you rather identify - the character in a story or the problem in a story? Why?
Which would you rather identify - a heading in an informational text or the topic in an informational text? Why?

5. Vocab Instruction - 4
Shake hands with your neighbor, when you hear something that you would identify
If not, don’t do anything
How you choose a book to read
A trait of a character
What is the same in two different stories
Say “right on,” when you hear something that you would determine
Using details in an answer
The heading of a section
The main idea of a text

6. Vocabulary Instruction - 4 5 W’s and H
Who?
Who would be the teacher who would most likely use this word?
What?
What would you be expected to do if you were asked to “identify” something?
When?
When this word is part of a task, what would be a likely context or setting?
Where?
Where did this word begin to exist (originate)?
Why?
Why might you confuse this word with notice or determine?
How?
How is this word defined? How will you remember its meaning?

7. Step 5: Return to your “Think, Pair, Share”
Revise the description, explanation, or illustration of the word.
Work in groups or with a partner to talk about the word and what it means.