Understanding the vocabulary in a text, especially a text like Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science that includes quite a few technical terms, can be the key to understanding the text as a whole. Learners focus on one word each to create cards that they will present to the class and post on the wall for later reference.

Concepts

Vocabulary, oral presentations, reading comprehension strategies

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• To scaffold the exercise more fully, have learners work with partners to create a small poster that they present to the class; split the vocabulary list and do the first half at the beginning of reading and the second near the middle of the text
• Use this strategy with any list of vocabulary words

Classroom Considerations

• The plan suggests an idea for an exit slip that learners could easily complete on a piece of lined or blank paper; create a worksheet if you think your pupils need additional guidance

Pros

• Includes a list of 32 word and page numbers that you can assign to individuals

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.1.a SL.6.2 SL.6.4 SL.7.1.a SL.7.2 SL.7.4 SL.8.1.a SL.8.2 SL.8.4 L.6.4.a L.6.6 L.7.4.a L.7.6 L.8.4.a L.8.6