Strategy: Possible Sentences

Rationale:  Can be used as a strong pre-reading strategy and also used an effective post read/assessment activity as well.   A technique that requires relatively little preparation time but is quite effective for getting students actively involved in discussing, writing, and reading, all focused on vocabulary terms (p. 243)

Procedure: Used for a pre-reading strategy

• Single out five to eight key vocabulary words and list them on the board.
• Have students make up sentences using each word
• Vote which sentence(s) are probably correct
• Read text
• In groups discuss which sentences were most accurate

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Alvermann, Donna, Stephen Phelps, & Victoria Ridgeway.  (2007). Content Area Reading and Literacy: Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classrooms.  Boston: Pearson, p. 243.