PR-6219UK Reading for Success - Book 4

Vocabulary
General vocabulary activities – 2
Finding nouns and adjectives
Use this activity to help pupils identify new nouns and adjectives.
Materials
• board and chalk or small whiteboard and marker
• reading passage with some unfamiliar words
• paper
• pencils
1. Review nouns and adjectives with the pupils. Explain that a noun is a word that represents a person,
place or thing. Explain that an adjective is a word that describes a person, place or thing.
2. Write the following sentence on the board:
The small tiger found a tasty treat to have for breakfast.
3. Ask the pupils to find the people, places or things in the sentence (tiger, treat, breakfast).
4. Then ask the pupils to find the words that describe these nouns (small, tasty).
5. Distribute a reading passage for pupils to read.
6. As the pupils read, have them search for words that are nouns or adjectives.
7. Have them list these words on paper.
8. Allow the pupils to share the words they found and discuss their meanings.
Word wall game
Here’s a fun game to play while creating a word wall in the classroom.
Materials
• paper squares or index cards • marker • pins
1. As your pupils identify new vocabulary words, use a marker to write them on paper squares or index
cards.
2. Pin the word cards to the wall and review the pronunciations and meanings frequently.
3. Periodically play a word wall game to make word learning fun.
4. Secretly select a word from the wall (for example, elevate) and tell the pupils a riddle about it,
such as:
Viewing sample
This word means to raise up.
This word rhymes with renovate.
5. Continue in this manner with other words on the word wall.
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