PR-6219UK Reading for Success - Book 4

Vocabulary
Specific word instruction activities – 4
Freeze!
This game will help pupils learn new vocabulary words.
Materials
• copy of page 112 • index cards
• scissors • glue
1. Photocopy and cut apart the cards on page 112.
2. Glue each word card to an index card for durability.
3. Choose five pupils to select one word card each.
4. Each pupil thinks of a way to represent the word in a pose. For example, with the word skyscraper,
the pupil might stand tall with his or her arms overhead.
5. To play the game, have the other classmates sit in a circle.
6. The five selected pupils walk around inside the circle.
7. Say the word, ‘Freeze!’
8. The pupils in the circle freeze in the pose that represents the word.
9. Ask the classmates to guess each pupil’s word before the actor shows them the word card.
10. If the pupils have difficulty guessing the word, they can say, ‘Unfreeze’.
11. At this point, the pupil begins to move to act out the word.
12. Continue in this manner, selecting five new pupils for the remaining five words.
Guess my word
This guessing game helps pupils practise their word knowledge.
Materials
• list of recently introduced vocabulary words • marker • paper
1. Write the selected vocabulary words on paper.
2. Select a pupil to begin the game.
3. The pupil chooses a word from the list and then creates a clue. The clue should include an antonym,
synonym or definition of the word.
Viewing sample
Example for the word beautiful:
I’m thinking of a word that is a synonym for pretty.
I’m thinking of a word that is an antonym for ugly.
4. Allow pupils to guess the word.
5. The pupil who guesses the word correctly gives the next clue.
Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com 111 Reading for success