Vocabulary Instruction

Teach

December 28, 2010

Teach is a verb meaning to show, explain, instruct and generally impart knowledge to someone. Teaching can occur in a formal setting such as a lecture class, or in a casual exchange between a father and son, perhaps as they repair a car or fish off a pier.

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Give

December 28, 2010

The Oxford English Dictionary contains dozens of definitions for give. The most common definition, however, is the physical transfer of an object.

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Right

December 28, 2010

Understanding the many, many ways in which the word right is used will certainly expand students’ language facility.

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Loud

December 28, 2010

Rarely are students told to be loud in a classroom. Loud is an excellent word to discuss in class, particularly in comparison to its opposite—quiet.

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Good

December 28, 2010

Good is quite hardworking and functional, as words go, serving in many situations as an adjective or a noun, as well as in a goodly number of phrases.

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Bad

December 28, 2010

Bad is an adjective that can be applied to many unfortunate situations. The word bad can be used to refer to quality, behavior, or state of being.

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Change

December 28, 2010

Changing the subject, let’s talk about change. Change is widely used as both a verb and a noun, but in all cases it refers to a situation in which something is made or becomes different in some way.

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Finish

December 28, 2010

The term “finish” is used as both a verb and a noun in various contexts, from completing tasks in school to describing the quality of objects. It has roots in Middle English and Latin, and while it shares a resemblance to the Spanish word “finito,” the actual Spanish equivalent is “terminar.”

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Fast

December 28, 2010

Fast is a versatile word, with many meanings and uses as well as synonyms.

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Slow

December 28, 2010

Like its opposite, fast, slow is most often used as an adjective to describe an aspect of speed, in this case, low speed.

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