Vocabulary+Strategies+for+7th+&+8th+Grade


 * 6-Step Vocabulary Activity: **

__1 ____- Word __ (page #) 2- Sentence as used in story or passage 3- Definition (part of speech) 4- Two Synonyms 5- One antonym 6- Use the word in an original sentence

**Word Busting:** 1- Word as used in story or passage 2- Analyze word in context [what clues are there in the context as to the word's meaning?] 3- Analyze the word's structure [break the word into its parts: root, suffix(es), prefix(es), compound word parts] 4- Analyze the word based on sound [do you hear smaller words within the word? does it sound like a familiar word?] 5- Based on steps 1-4, what do you think the word means? <span style="color: #9d0bc1; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">6- Definition and part-of-speech as found in the dictionary
 * __<span style="color: #9d0bc1; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Word __**

<span style="color: #9d0bc1; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">**Extra credit: Use the word in the same way in an original sentence [copying a sentence from the dictionary is not acceptable]