gcse english vocabulary lesson - snow
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WelcomeWORDLE TIME
Wordle by Louise Armstrong
You get a lot of marks for having a good vocabulary!
You can take a list of words into the exam.
8 ways to increase your vocabulary.
Vocabulary
Eskimo words for snowBoas Introduction to HAIL (1911: 21-22) : aput - snow on the ground qana - falling snow piqsirpoq - drifting snow qimuqsuq - snowdrift
But English has many ways to talk about snow...
SnowSnowflakeSnowdrift
Nouns and Snow
Avalanche Ice Arctic
Related Nouns
Describing words that tell us more about snow, such as glittering white snow.
Adjectives
WetFrenchWhiteHeapedNewBigUglySnow
Put these adjectives in order!
Tell us more about the snow: Opinion or judgment -- beautiful, ugly, cold,
unnecessary Size -- small, tall, short, big Age -- young, old, new, historic, ancient Shape -- round, square, rectangular Colour -- white, black, green, purple Nationality -- French, Swiss, American, Canadian,
Japanese Material -- wooden, metallic, plastic, glass, paper Purpose or Qualifier -- foldout sofa, fishing boat,
racing car
Adjective Order
What is the snow doing?
Drifting... Blowing... Falling...
Verbs
What is the snow doing to us?
Blinding... Blocking... Terrifying...
Verbs
Tell us how the snow is doing what it’s doing.
Falling... Quickly Slowly Gently Fast
Adverbs
Technical Vocabulary
Stellar Plate Crystal Stellar Dendrite Crystal
Crystalline water ice
Mechanical Connections
Snow Plough Snow Cannon
Animal Connections
Snow geese Snow tracks
What do people do with Snow?
Snowman Snowball
How do People Feel about Snow?
Love it? Hate it?
1. Collect related nouns.2. Make a list of adjectives.3. List verbs...4. ...and adverbs.5. Research technical vocabulary.6. Look for mechanical/animal
connections.7. How do humans use this thing?8. Find emotive language.
8 Ways to Increase your Vocabulary
Collect the biggest list of words connected to your topic that you can.
Paste the list into http://www.wordle.net/
Change the colour and font until you are happy with it.
Take a screen shot. Paste into Word & edit. Paste into the PowerPoint presentation.
How to Make a Wordle
One of the following:
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