Last time I met Abby, I assigned her a paragraph to write on her musical interests. She brought it in today and we went over it. A few words were awkward because she had looked them up in an online dictionary that did not directly translate the words correctly. For the most part, her paper was great. She did get confused about the usage of the word “to,” omitting it when she should use it, and placing it inappropriately. We will go over this in another session.
Abby had told me she wanted to improve her vocabulary so I brought in a worksheet on prefixes such as re, bi, uni, mis, un, etc. We went over what these prefixes mean and looked at examples for each prefix so that she can decipher what words mean by the prefix, even if she does not know the actual definition.
I brought in 8 photos of events in current news. Abby looked at each photo and guessed what was happening in each photo. We discussed the photos and implications in global news. One of the photos was from South Korea’s Underwater Fashion Week and Abby was able to guess that it took place in Korea immediately because of the clothes the girl in the photo was wearing.
For the last 15 minutes, she and I looked over the list of “Bushisms” that I used in my grammar lesson plan. Abby was able to spot the error in every sentence and read them out loud in their corrected format. She liked this activity because she said her dad does not like Bush. I assigned her a homework assignment to write a list of ten differences she has noticed between Korea and the United States.
Going for a walk and identifying things is a great vocabulary lesson, as well as showing her how to build her vocabulary outside of class. A small notepad and pen are great tools for this!
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