Using Word Study for Ownership!VOCABULARY STRATEGIES

A teacher example……

CONTEXT-CONTENT-EXPERIENCE

(Word origin)

(See word origin and discuss where the word comes from, its roots, etc.)

(How it is used “on the street”)

(Sentences)

(Phrases using this word)

(Subject area or area in life to which it pertains)

riddled[from Latin vorāx  swallowing greedily, from vorāre

 to devour]  

voracious

1. craving or consuming large quantities of food2. exceedingly eager or avid

Physical/literal (appetite )Figurative (reader, collector)

Devour, eat greedily;To read many books or pursue a collection of something (such as coins, dolls, Star Wars figures)

Adjectiveavid, covetous, devouring, dog-hungry, edacious, empty, gluttonous, gorging, grasping, gross, insatiable, omnivorous, piggy, prodigious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, sating, starved, starved to death, starving, uncontrolled, unquenchable

the voracious

infant screaming

for milk

a voracious

reader unable to put down the novel

a voracious

gamer waiting in line for a midnight releaseBy 2:30 p.m., my voracious appetite leads me to consume foods I

would ordinarily refuse; the soup I eat for lunch usually sustains me for a brief period of time.

I was surprised by the voraciousness with which I read these last two novels; I used the flashlight on my phone to read it under the covers. (used as a noun)

Practice as a class….

CONTEXT-CONTENT-EXPERIENCE

riddledORIGIN 1300–50; Middle English irken  to grow

tired, tire < Old Norse yrkja  to work, cognate with Old English wyrcan; see work

irksome

Causing annoyance or boredom; troublesome or tedious

Person, task, event, sound

a younger sibling wanting to tag along, doing hours of homework, stomping/ jumping on the metal stairs during transition

AdjectiveIrked!aggravating, boring, bothersome, burdensome, irritating, tedious, tiresome, troublesome troubling, vexing

  the irksome task of writing long letters  

the irksome chirping of a cricket 

 the irksome sounds while taking a test in the library during lower school lunch 

There is nothing more irksome than getting into bed, snug under the covers, and realizing that I forgot to shut off the lamp on the other side of the room. I guess it is time to buy The Clapper…clap on…clap off… The Clapper!

Your turn! Create your own charts for two self-selected words….

CONTEXT-CONTENT-EXPERIENCE

Share your two self-selected words with your

small group!

TIME TO SHARE!