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Grade 7, Reading and Language Arts Std #: 17 Develop and use an extended vocabulary through reading, listening, viewing, writing, speaking, and presenting. Affixes and base words Classifications Denotation and Connotation

Lesson Plans: Integrated Vocabulary Creative writing activity using new vocabulary and listening skills The Dictionary Game Game using dictionary skills--similar to Balderdash Avalanche, Aztek, or Bravada? A Connotation Mini-Lesson Understanding connotation

Resources: Build Your Vocabulary Interactive activity to build your vocabulary TV Crossword Puzzle Interactive crossword puzzle Interactive Vocabulary Interactive flip cards with exercises Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B, I) Students use a dictionary and a thesaurus to find synonyms and antonyms of common words. Students begin with simple adjectives such as “large/big” and “large/small” and progress into more complicated ones. (I, T) Students create original words from lists of affixes, suffixes, and bases. They compare their “new” words to actual English words by looking them up in the dictionary. Students might combine “tele” and “mobile” into “telemobile” which is something that moves by remote control. See Dictionary.com for quick-reference definitions from a variety of dictionaries.
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