Other+Strategies

A game of clues and guesses to **review** and sustain interest in words. A way to solidify understandings of specialized vocabulary and use context clues
 * "I'm Thinking of a Word" ** - (Janet Allen, 2007)
 * 1) Teacher, "I'm thinking of a word."
 * 2) Teacher gives a broad or general clue.
 * 3) Students make a wild guess
 * 4) Teacher gives students an example and a nonexample.
 * 5) If students can guess AND describe how it is used in context, game is over. If not, teacher gives a more detailed context "This word would always be found in/connected to ..."

A "Before" reading strategy used as a type of self-assessment of a student's level of word knowledge of particular vocabulary. 4 Levels of Word Knowledge Unknown words should be pretaught prior to the content lesson.
 * Previewing Content Vocabulary** (Janet Allen, 2007 based on Dale's work)
 * 1) I've never seen/heard the word
 * 2) I've heard the word but I don't know what it means
 * 3) I recognize it in context and I know how it is connected to other words/concepts
 * 4) I know the word and can use it appropriately



Comprehension strategy used BEFORE reading to set a purpose for reading and access prior knowledge about a topic. This strategy can be used to practice: -making predictions -verifying predictions -anticipate the text -build curiosity about the text
 * Anticipation Guides**

Procedure: Structured statements (4-6) about the key topics that students read before reading the text. Students respond to each statement with an X to agree or disagree. During and/or after reading students verify their predictions and make corrections to incorrect statements.

Check out some examples: [|**http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/anticipation_guide**]

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