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Vocabulary Smart-sheets

Promote precise elaborations

Focus on word’s “distinctive features”

Develop relational understandings of the term

Form connections to background knowledge and personal experiences

Relate the term to real-world contexts

Make comparisons with other terms

Target examples & non-examples

In the examples of Makes Sense Vocabulary Smart-sheets that follow, note how embedded prompts target these

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Vocabulary Smart-sheets

Promote precise elaborations

Focus on word’s “distinctive features”

Develop relational understandings of the term

Form connections to background knowledge and personal experiences

Relate the term to real-world contexts

Make comparisons with other terms

Target examples & non-examples

In the examples of Makes Sense Vocabulary Smart-sheets that follow, note how embedded prompts target these

Word Walls

New WordDefinition Picture

Knowledge Connection

triangle3 sides 3 angles “tri” means 3

Looks like a pyramid

Word Walls

New WordDefinition Picture

Knowledge Connection

triangle3 sides 3 angles “tri” means 3

Looks like a pyramid

quadrilateral4 sides 4 angles “quad” means 4

Looks like a box

hexagon6 sided box; 6 angles “hex” means 6

Looks like a stop sign

pentagon5 sided box; 5 angle “pent” means 5

Looks like a house

New Word

PictureSYNONYM a word that means the same thing

ANTONYM a word that means the opposite

HOMONYM a word that sounds the same, but has a different meaning

Essential Definition

Knowledge Connection

Word Castle

transgressiondisobedience

compliancegetting in trouble with my parents

to break a law or rule

Word Castles New Word

PictureSYNONYM a word that means the same thing

ANTONYM a word that means the opposite

HOMONYM a word that sounds the same, but has a different meaning

Essential Definition

Knowledge Connection

CreekOcheese

White settlers

Nation of Indians living in Alabama & Georgia

Old girlfriend named Jean Weatherford (Creek)creek (small river)

Word Castles

New Word

PictureSYNONYM a word that means the same thing

ANTONYM a word that means the opposite

HOMONYM a word that sounds the same, but has a different meaning

Essential Definition

Knowledge Connection

McIntoshTustunnugee Hutkee

Weatherford

Led Jackson’s army to defeat Upper Creeks

Benedict Arnold (traitor)

Mcintosh (apple)

New Word

PictureSYNONYM a word that means the same thing

ANTONYM a word that means the opposite

HOMONYM a word that sounds the same, but has a different meaning

Essential Definition

Knowledge Connection

CreekOcheese

White settlers

Nation of Indians living in Alabama & Georgia

Old girlfriend named Jean Weatherford (Creek)creek (small river)

New Word

PictureSYNONYM a word that means the same thing

ANTONYM a word that means the opposite

HOMONYM a word that sounds the same, but has a different meaning

Essential Definition

Knowledge Connection

abolisheliminate

establish

get rid of

I’d like to abolish doing homework!

Features Analysis© 2003 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com

Topics/Categories

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Topics/Categories

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Poetry

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Comedy

Satire

Essay

Literary Forms

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Category that all new terms

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List of new termsFeatures (or essential parts of definition that

apply to some of the terms

Codes for features

Related Words (primary) Semantic Map (simple) Semantic Map

Semantic Maps & Tables

Semantic Table 1 Semantic Table 2 Semantic Table 3

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Background knowledge connections

Example

Is a type or part of ...

Is a member of this group ...

Tern / Name

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Non-example * Don’t confuse with ...

Is like ...

Features

Features

Features

Draw a picture

Southwest Indian Tribes

Native Americans

x

Lived in very dry climate

Few animals so they farmed

Lived in adobe houses

Anasazi Hopi, Pueblo, Navajo,

Plains Indians (Sioux, Comanche)

Farmers who live in brick apartments

Reminds me of the pictures of Indian house built into the sides of cliffs (Mesa Verde)

Key things to remember

Is like ...

Note or draw a picture of an example

Important because ...

Is a type or part of ...

Is a member of this group ...

Tern / Name

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photosynthesis

the process plants use to make food

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leaf traps light energy using chloroplasts; gets water via transpiration

carbon dioxide from air entering via stomata is mixed in to produce sugary plant food

leaf makes chlorophyll and then mixes it with water

byproduct (oxygen ) is expelled from leaf as waste

Plants need sun, water, & air to generate food.

Plants produce the oxygen animals need to breath

Making a cup cake Get mix from store, stir in water, add heat energy (bake in stove) and then add icing = sugary human food

Key things to remember

Is like ...

Note or draw a picture of an example

Important because ...

Is a type or part of ...

Is a member of this group ...

Tern / Name

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Plains Indians

Native Americans

x

Nomadic (moved a lot)

Lived in teepees

Hunter-gathers

Followed buffalo migration

Last group of Indians to make war with white settlers

People who live in RVs - always traveling - never stay in one place for long

Is a type or part of ...

Is a member of this group ...

Is a type or part of ...

Is a member of this group ...

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Non-example

Tern / Name

Is like ...

Features

Example

Background knowledge connections

Tern / Name

Is like ...

Features

ExampleNon-example Non-example

Pow wow

Round room built underground for religious ceremonies

Kiva

Several day celebration of Great Spirit by Plains Indians

Not used by SE Indians

Going into the basement to worship

Used by SW Indians

Sun dance Worshiping inside a building

Church revival in a tent

Plains Indians had similar beliefs and customs to NE Indians; SW Indians had similar beliefs, but customs were different

The way SW Indians worshiped their gods

x

One of the ways Plains Indians worshiped their gods

x

Is a type or part of ...

Is a member of this group ...

Is a type or part of ...

Is a member of this group ...

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Non-example

Tern / Name

Is like ...

Features

Example

Background knowledge connections

Tern / Name

Is like ...

Features

Example

carbon dioxide oxygen

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one of many gases found in air that plants need to live

one of many gases found in air that animals need to live

CO2 Plant leaf removes CO 2

from air & mixes it with chlorophyl to make food

O Animals remove O from air & mixes it with blood that takes it to cells

Green oak leaf in summer

Non-example

Brown oak leaf in winter

Non-example

Scuba diver breathing air from tank

Holding your breath when you swim under water

Removing a banana from its peel and then mixing it with ice cream to make a great desert

The gas needed to make your car run. Without, it won’t go!

Word Comparisons Comparisons & Connections

Like or Not Like … Word Synectics #1 Word Synectics #2

Vocabulary Comparisons

Because this one involves …

Word Connections Word Reminds Me Of.… Reminds Me Because Connection Table

Firefighter…………………………..Color

Spiders……………………………..…..Color

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Personal Connections

Word Relationships Word Synectics REAL World Connections RELATE to Real World

Mecca…………………………………..Color

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Secession………………………..Color

Best Guess

Vocabulary Word Connections

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Winter…………………………………..Color

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Mammals……………………………..Color

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Don’t Confuse With

Name

hints that something is about to happen

foreshadowing 2-3 tremors a day before earthquake -- scientists predicting a “big one” coming soon

Gist

Term

Day of earthquake was dark, chilly, depressingBad mood of Mrs. Whitlaw

How the Term Applies to the Story Personal Experiences Related to Term

1906 San Francisco Earthquake

(described in Dragon Wings) Earthquake in San

Francisco last month

Dragon Wings

mass destruction

Damage was mostly from old buildings – fires not nearly as big of a problem (no desolation)

Gist

Term

Used to describe the almost complete destruction of San Francisco from shaking & fires that followed

How the Term Applies to the Story Personal Experiences Related to Term

desolation

chaos, confusion, disorganization

pandemonium SF police & firemen had emergency plan so they knew what to do – very organized

Gist

Term

Nobody knew what to do – Impossible to move around-Horses running wildNo “emergency plan”

How the Term Applies to the Story Personal Experiences Related to Term

safe place to stay

refuge The best refuge is to run outside & get away from buildings

Gist

Term

Mrs. Whitlaw turned her house into a hospital and shelter for people who lost their homes

How the Term Was Used in the Story Personal Experiences Related to Term

STORYEVENT IN STORY REAL-LIFE EVENT

Gist

Word

Charlie soon found out how delicious green things tasted

Eating delicious birthday cake

very good, scrumptious, very tasty

This word reminds me of… How the Word Was Used in the Story

delicious

STORY Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom De Luise

Gist

Word

Charlie had become a beautiful butterfly.

Smelling beautiful spring flowers

very pretty, lovely, gorgeous

This word reminds me of… How the Word Was Used in the Story

beautiful

Gist

Word

The monkeys jumped back, looking miserable.

Feeling miserable when I’m sick

very unhappy

This word reminds me of… How the Word Was Used in the Story

miserable

Gist

Word

Charlie saw two mice playing miniature golf.

My miniature radio

very small, tiny

This word reminds me of… How the Word Was Used in the Story

miniature

New Word Personal Connection (this word makes you think of …)Definition

Pre and Post Civil War Era

Secession My parents arguing over child custody and property during their divorce

Southern states declaring independence from the U.S.

Reconstruction Extra workouts imposed by our coach when we loose a game to a larger school

After the war when North imposed strict laws on South

Emancipation Proclamation

When my parents treat me differently because I am the first born

Lincoln setting the South’s slaves free

Dred Scott Decision Police treat rich kids better than they treat poor kids

Supreme Court decision angered the North; led to war

Freedmen’s Bureau American Red Cross Agency because they bring relief to disaster victims

Gov. agency organized to help freed slaves and poor whites

All of these terms are related to this topic …

Word Relationships

New Term

New Term

Issac

HagarChildren of Abraham

Word that both terms relate toExplanation of Relationship

They represent the two streams of division in the Middle East; the Jewish and Arabic

conflict

Draw a Picture

New Term

New Term

Mecca

MedinaIslamic Cities

Word that both terms relate toExplanation of Relationship

Mohammed began in Mecca, but was driven out and went to Medina. He later returned to Mecca and established Islam.

Draw a Picture

New Term

New Term

Sunni

ShiiteSects of Islam

Word that both terms relate toExplanation of Relationship

These two sects developed at the death of Mohammad. Both groups differed over the

leader of the Islamic world.

Draw a Picture

List the parts Identify a Reminding Word Note a LINCing Story Create a LINCing Picture Self-test

Reminding Word

compromise

promise

To reach an agreement, both promised to give up something

agreement, but each give up something

new term essential definition

LINCing story

LINCing picture

List the partsIdentify a “reminding word”Note a LINCing StoryConstruct a LINCing Picture

LINCS

Self-test

1. Define compromise and explain its role in order for a bill to become a law. 2. Senators often have to _______ with other senators in order to get a new bill passed into

law.

BEFORE …

AFTER …

TOPIC

The female butterfly lays about 500 eggs In the spring

Is about …

Takes 3 to 5 days for the eggs to hatchThe egg must become a caterpillar/larva, and chrysalis/pupa before becoming a butterfly

ALWAYSWords that always describe this topic

Stormy weather, and other disasters keep eggs from hatching

The larva stage can last 12 to 18 days

SOMETIMESWords that sometimes describe this topic

Eggs will not hatch if the environment is unhealthy

Allow kids and adults to over handle the caterpillar or chrysalis

NEVERWords that never describe this topic

4-winged adultlives 2 weeksuses proboscis to eat nectar3 main body parts 6 legsfemale lays eggs so cycle continues

ALWAYSWords that always describe this topic

The adult butterfly does not live for 2 weeks

Nature and people cause the butterfly to live a shorter life

SOMETIMESWords that sometimes describe this topic

Develop without going through each cycle

Live a healthy life if people disturb their homes

Live much longer than 2 weeks

NEVERWords that never describe this topic

What caused the things to change?

A process called metamorphosis caused each change to take place

Butterflies

The METAMORPHOSIS of Butterflies