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Visualizing Vocabulary: Moving Beyond Lists and
Definitions
Victoria A. Oglan Ph.D.
Deidre M. Clary, Ph.D.
University of South Carolina
The “Nym” FamilyWords ending in –nym are often usedto describe different classes of words,and the relationships between words.The –nym literally means name, fromthe Greek onoma meaning name orword.
Some of the family members…acronyms antonyms aptronyms
autonyms tautonyms homonyms
hypernyms eponyms exonyms
patronyms contronyms bacronyms
synonyms meronyms metonyms
heteronyms hyperonyms hyponyms
autoantonyms capitonyms oronyms
paronyms pseudonyms retronyms
A ABA ABLY ABY ABORAL ACYL ALA ALAR ALARY ALB
ALBA AR ARAB ARC AURA AURAL AVA AY BA BAA
BAAL BAR BAY BAYOU BLOC BLUR BOA BOAR BOLA BORA
BOY BOYAR BRA BRAVA BRAVO BRAY BUOY BUR BURL BURLY
BURY BUY BY CAB CABAL CALORY CALVARY CAR CARBOY CARL
CAROB CAROL CAUL CAVALRY CAVY CAY CLARO CLARY
CLAY CLOY
CLUB COAL COB COBRA COL COLA CORAL COY CRAB CRY
CUB CUR CURABLY CURB CURL CURLY LA LAB LABOR LABOUR
LAC LACY LAR LARVA LAURA LAVA LAVABO LAY LO LOB
LOBAR LORY LOUR OAR OCULAR OR ORA ORAL ORB ORC
ORLY OUR OVA OVAL OVARY OVULAR RACY RAY ROB ROC
ROYAL RUB RUBY VACUA VACUO VACUOLAR VALOR VARA VARY VOCABULAR
VOCAL VOLAR YAR YOU YOUR
WORDS IN A WORD
VOCABULARY
125 WORDS
Rounding out the top 10 are: go with 368 take with 343 stand with 334 get with 289 turn with 288 put with 268 fall with 264 strike with 250
It is now well accepted that the chief cause of the achievement gap
between socioeconomic groups is a language gap.
~ Ed Hirsch 2003
Research also tells us word knowledge:
promotes reading fluencyboosts reading comprehension improves academic achievementenhances thinking and
communication
And… Students learn words through wide reading Knowing a word means more than knowing
a definition for the word Discussion leads to vocabulary learning Students learn words through strategy
instruction
What Doesn’t Work?
Copying definitionsWriting sentencesTelling students to “use context”Memorizing lists of definitions ~Feldman & Kinsella (2003)
Four Principles to Guide Vocabulary Instruction
Students should be active learners in vocabulary and strategies to enhance vocabulary
Students benefit from personalizing the learning of words
Four Principles to Guide Vocabulary Instruction
Students gain from immersion in words
Students augment their vocabulary through repeated exposure to words
Comprehensive vocabulary instruction thatincludes strategy instruction where students
are provided opportunities to play with wordsand language is a necessary part of a plan
for academic success.
Some Strategies to Think About… Word sorts Sticky note sentences Cloze tasks Word walls Picture walk (to introduce new words) Rebus Word webs
List, group label Ten important words Kid-Friendly definitions Word wonder ARTiculate the word Word curiosity
Search the web
www.cnn.com/studentnews www.funwithwords.com www.nytimes.com/pages/education www.smithsonian.com www.teachingtolerance.org
Become a wordsmith, a lexophile
Make your classroom a place where students learn to
become language collectors.
Remember…
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.
~Evelyn Waugh