Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)
Lesson Length: 20 - 30 mins
Topic: Vocabulary
Brief Description: Students will determine and clarify unknown vocabulary words by creating a comic version of the Frayer Model.
Know Before You Start: The Frayer Model is a popular graphic organizer to assist students in deepening their understanding of vocabulary. The Frayer Model asks students to analyze the vocabulary word for its definition, characteristics, example, and non-example (an example of what the word doesn’t mean).
Hook:
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Share the sample comic with students.
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Discuss how each part of the comic helps to better understand the vocabulary term.
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Using the comic as a guide, have students sketch the Frayer Model four square graphic organizer and practice completing it for familiar vocabulary words.
Activity:
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Provide students with important vocabulary terms for an upcoming lesson.
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Give each student or pair of students a vocabulary term to analyze and illustrate.
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Using the comic as a guide, students will create a four-panel, Frayer Model, to demonstrate their understanding of the vocabulary terms.
Closure: Share the finished vocabulary comics with the whole class to introduce them to the new vocabulary terms.
Differentiation:
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Provide pre-made Frayer Model organizer.
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Allow students to work with a partner.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
Suggested Content Pack(s):
Urban Life
Suburban Life
Rural Life
