So....before I head off for the long weekend, I figured I better get something down in writing.
Question is related to how students' word consciousness help them learn vocabulary (or better yet, help me help them learn).
I still have to watch 2 videos filmed of my 3 focal students and transcribe in some form the conversations. It's been several weeks since filming and a 1st review and I'm sure I'll learn something new.
After reading another Graves article, this time about specific strategies that can be done in the classroom, I've started an "informal" word wall on the white board in the back of the class. Students can write words on it that they come across in the course of their day - words that seem interesting to them or that make them curious or whatever. Then, they, or other students can add synonyms, antonyms, or other related words in a web format. As the board fills up, I'll photograph it and then erase it so we can start again. This is a play on one of the strategies discussed in the Graves article and hopefully another way to collect data for a project that is beginning to seem too esoteric!
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