Academic Vocabulary for 7th-10th Grade

The Academic Vocabulary Volume 1 is an all-in-one resource pack to help you teach vocabulary effectively and with minimal preparation.

In total there are 26 words to be learned, 6 in each lesson. Every lesson contains 5 varied and engaging activities to expose students to repeated application of the words. Accompanying these worksheets are full lesson plans, full lesson presentations and a comprehensive teacher’s file. The resources are both printable and digital (interactive), giving you the freedom to choose how to conduct your lessons. You will love using these resources in your ELA secondary classroom!

By implementing these resources in your classroom, your students will experience a significant and remarkable improvement in their vocabulary skills.

**Lesson Presentations for Each Lesson**

In this volume, you will get the following resources:

Lesson presentations for each lesson. There are a total of 133 slides, to guide your students throughout the lessons. You have both the powerpoint version and google slides. The links for google slides are in the teacher’s file.
Lesson plans for each of the four lessons. The lesson plans are found in the teacher’s file.
Student Worksheet pack containing a total of 43 worksheets, as pdf and digital (google slides). Student record sheets are included at the end of each lesson. The digital links are in the teacher’s file.
The Teacher’s File containing all the information you need to guide you, including the digital links, the core standards, lesson plans and lesson plan template and answer keys.

Total Number of Pages: 216

Duration: 4 weeks, 1 activity per day of approximately 15-20 minutes.

Price: $14.99

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Further Details on Academic Vocabulary

Corresponding Resources

The lesson plan, lesson presentation and the student activities/worksheets are corresponding. Please familiarize yourself with the lesson plan and modify it according to your needs and your students’ needs. A blank lesson plan template is also included.

Activities and Consolidation

Each lesson has five activities. Lessons two and four contain a final exercise incorporating all the twelve words learned in lessons 1-2 and 3-4 respectively.

Graduated Stages

The lesson presentation is in graduated stages, each time leading to an activity:

Introduction/reminder of the term ‘connotation ‘and a brief discussion leading to the definitions and model sentences.
Activity 1.
Class discussion post-activity, including answers.
Introduction to the next activity (Activities 2-5).
Repeat steps 1-4.

You can add slides to the presentation but you may not alter the existing slides.

Order of Lesson

You may wish to change the order of the activities and discussion, depending on your teaching style and the differentiated capabilities of the students.

Lesson Duration

Each lesson is intended to last approximately between 45 to 55 minutes. You may wish to divide the lesson into two, depending on the ability of the class. You may also choose to do one activity/worksheet per day in which case, you will be spreading each lesson over 5 days.

Record Sheet

At the end of each lesson, the student has a record sheet where they can write down the words and synonyms that they have learned and those which they need to study more.

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Natasha