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Savino, Jennifer Ann – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
Shakespeare, who worked actively with words through punning, playing, and inventing, serves as the model for students to experience a deepening knowledge of vocabulary and love of words. Through instructional activities aimed at increasing word play, word exposure, and word consciousness, students gain the verbal capacity needed to understand…
Descriptors: English Literature, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Reading Comprehension
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Hopkins, Gary; Bean, Thomas W. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Describes classroom action research with the verbal-visual word association strategy. Explores the strategy with a group of junior high and high school students on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in southeastern Montana. Shares interpretative impressions and results of a vocabulary quiz given to the high school group. (RS)
Descriptors: Action Research, American Indian Education, Class Activities, Instructional Effectiveness
Highsmith, Joni Bitman – 1998
This software product teaches vocabulary development to 8- to 14-year-old students. The software may be used without the printed teaching guide, but educators will appreciate the added dimension and greater convenience that the lesson plans provide. Along with the 12 lesson plans are worksheets, templates, and other materials needed to complete…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools