I love the emphasis on how to use the informal moments in the classroom to enhance students' vocabulary. When I was a freshman in English, I remember my teaching using words that we all laughed at - "put your moniker on the paper," "this is a real conundrum" - and even though this vocabulary instruction was informal and sometimes silly, I still remember those words all these years later. So I feel like that's perfect evidence for how effective these moments can be!
I try to use verbs that often trump students in my slides and directions - "I'd like to emphasize that the homework is due tonight" - or something like that, because the more they hear and see the words, the sooner they'll start to mimic them. The podcast reminded me so much of my freshman English teacher and how I can capitalize on my always corny, sometimes funny, delivery in my class and add in some of my favorite words that can double as opportunities to build students' vocabulary.
I like to create space for class discussions - whole group and small group - in my English 10 class as often as I can. It might be neat to choose a word of the day each discussion day and encourage students to try to use that word as often as possible!
I also like in the podcast how they suggested even incorporating some of these words into exchanges in the hall/signs in the hallways. When I think of vocabulary instruction, I usually think explicit ways to teach it directly, but this strategy often results in longer-lasting retention!
I try to use verbs that often trump students in my slides and directions - "I'd like to emphasize that the homework is due tonight" - or something like that, because the more they hear and see the words, the sooner they'll start to mimic them. The podcast reminded me so much of my freshman English teacher and how I can capitalize on my always corny, sometimes funny, delivery in my class and add in some of my favorite words that can double as opportunities to build students' vocabulary.
I like to create space for class discussions - whole group and small group - in my English 10 class as often as I can. It might be neat to choose a word of the day each discussion day and encourage students to try to use that word as often as possible!
I also like in the podcast how they suggested even incorporating some of these words into exchanges in the hall/signs in the hallways. When I think of vocabulary instruction, I usually think explicit ways to teach it directly, but this strategy often results in longer-lasting retention!