This integrated, cross-curricular theme unit has children become immersed in the equine world as they broaden their vocabulary, participate in hands-on science and math, explore art, become aware of the horse's important role in history, and learn about good grooming. A student reproducible, a poetry poster, and a poster on the coloring of horses…

Explains several techniques for improving students' vocabulary through increasing their interest in and sensitivity to language. (JL)

A fictitious festivity features nouns, adjectives and verbs as the guests of honor. (Editor)

Describes a program to encourage students in grades one through three to draw illustrations for word problems and then use the pictures to help solve the problems. (MKR)

A vocabulary training program, using parents as sole instructors, led to significant and lasting improvements in word knowledge and lexical access speed for 13 adolescents with dyslexia. Furthermore, when the trained words matched the current vocabulary of the child, the improvement generalized to untrained words. (Author)

This guide summarizes the information and techniques presented on an audiotape designed to teach students to use the keyword method to memorize new words. First, introductory comments provide a rationale for the development of the materials and a discussion of their use at Lane Community College. Next, a summary is provided of the key word method,…

Presents guidelines for effective vocabulary instruction, stressing the importance of using mixed methods, learning vocabulary in context, maintaining student interest, and active learning. Describes three generative vocabulary strategies: student-initiated vocabulary study, the keyword method of imagining, and concept cards. (AYC)

Describes an instruction approach for teaching external clues that context clue instruction occurs over many years at all grade levels and asserts that this can used for learning vocabulary. Defines external context clues as syntactic and semantic elements within and among sentences. (SRT)

Discusses some of the difficulties in vocabulary learning and gives suggestions for building vocabulary in meaningful contexts. (EKN)

Presents a short description with examples of the use of cartoons as a motivational and instructional technique for vocabulary study. (AEA)

Offers teachers a number of suggestions dealing with acronyms, post-graduation advice, vocabulary in social context, and pronunciation of regular past tense verbs. (AEA)

Twelve practical ways of inundating the nonreader or reluctant reader with words are presented. The author, a reading specialist, believes that learning to read probably involves 90% attitude and 10% skill, and that these vocabulary development ideas will improve both attitude and skill. (KC)

Describes the characteristics of academic language (mature expository prose; the formal English of college textbooks). Discusses theoretical and practical issues involved in the procedures for selecting and teaching academic vocabulary, and suggests teaching ideas, techniques, and materials. (RL)

Presents a basic vocabulary strategy to boost elementary students' reading comprehension and success. The three steps include identifying vocabulary words that students will need to comprehend the reading; preteaching only three to five words; and connecting the new words to concepts that students already know. (SM)

This book provides about 130 short, easily-prepared activities to supplement the longer teaching procedures that make up the main body of an English course. Suitable for elementary to advanced levels, the activities presented in the book can serve as a quick warm-up for the students, an idea for a brief vocabulary review, a light filler to provide…