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Words, Words, Words

Words, words, words

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Tools and sites to help students develop their vocabulary.

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Words, Words, Words

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“Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um,

whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called.”

Jarrod Kintz

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Vocabulary is the glue that holds stories, ideas and

content together… making comprehension accessible.

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Visualising Words

• Wordle• Tagexdo• Word Sift• Vocab Grabber

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Online Dictionaries

• Lexipedia• Visuwords• Shahi

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Graphic Organisers

• Alphaboxes• Word Detective• Word Cluster• Knowledge Rating• Frayer Model

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Just Cool…

• http://taggalaxy.de/• Lingro

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Growing and Showing

• Words Tiers 2 and 3• Podcasts• Powerpoints• Picture and caption• Vocabulary Paint Chips

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Vocabulary Games and Activities

• http://www.vocabulary.co.il/• Academic Vocabulary Games• Vocabulary Field Trips• Word Collection Jars• Word of the Day• Word Pictures

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Spin It!

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20 timesIn context!

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“As vocabulary is reduced , so are the number of feelings you can express, the number of events you can describe, the

number of the things you can identify! Not only understanding is limited, but also experience. Man grows by language.

Whenever he limits language he retrogresses!” Sheri S Tepper

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We think with words, therefore to improve

thinking, teach vocabulary. -- A. Draper and G. Moeller