how to build vocabulary

How to Build Vocabulary

Making it StickJackie Gishbaugher

Pre test Name: _______________1. Klootch2. Kleb

3. Malenky4. Pee and Em5. Sleepland6. Shive7. Moloko

Read the Passage:I opened the door with my own little klootch, and inside our malenky apartment all was quiet, the pee and em both being in sleepland, and sis had laid out on the table one malenky bit of supper - a couple of shives or so of kleb and butter, and a glass of the old cold moloko. (Source: Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange)

Mem·o·rize  (‘me-mƏ--rīz) v. -

klootch

moloko

malenky

shiv

epee

em

Test

To remember information …and then forget it.

for a test…

Learn  (‘lƏrn) v. -

klootch

moloko

malenky

shiv

epee

em

Experience

To connect to information …so it sticks.

with an experience

klootch

moloko

malenky

shiv

e

peeem

How can we EXPERIENCE a word?

Hang new knowledge on old knowledge

Physical

VisualMnemonics

Personal

Visual

Connect with a Picture

Pee and Em

klebklootch

moloko sleepland

shive

malenky

Connect with a Word Web

Your Turn! - Word Web

moloko

white

drink

cow

cookies

calcium

mustache

strong

Physical

Kinesthetic Learners – Learn by doing!Give every word a movement

Do you have the klootch?Do you have some moloko?

moloko

klootch

Connect with a Physical Motion

Your Turn! – Physical Motion

malenky

shive

kleb

sleepland

Mnemonics

Connect with a MnemonicConnect a new word with an old wordAdd a silly picture!Make a sentence!

Connect with a MnemonicConnect a new word with an old wordAdd a silly picture!Make a sentence!

Connect with a Mnemonic Moloko (n) Definition: milk Link: Maluku Islands

Sentence:People from Maluku love moloko

Connect a new word with an old wordAdd a silly picture!Make a sentence!

Your Turn! – Mnemonic Malenky ( ) Definition: Link:

Sentence:

Connect a new word with an old wordAdd a silly picture!Make a sentence!

Personal

1. How many klootches do you carry? What is each one for?

2. Do you like moloko-shakes? What's your favorite flavor?

3. Do you like kleb? When was the last time you ate it? Where?

Make it Personal

Your Turn! - Personalize

Pee and Em

Sleepland

Shive

Post test Name: _______________1. Klootch2. Kleb

3. Malenky4. Pee and Em5. Sleepland6. Shive7. Moloko

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Questions?