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TITLE:  PASSWORD VOCABULARY REVIEW

AUTHOR:  Dede Landry, Lookout Mountain School;
         Golden, CO

GRADE LEVEL:  Appropriate for all grades and all subject
              areas.

OBJECTIVE(s):
1.  Reinforce vocabulary.
2.  Identify synonyms and antonyms for vocabulary words.
3.  List words that relate to vocabulary words.
4.  Develop appropriate social interactions.
5.  Have fun.

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:
Have students write definitions for vocabulary words used in
a unit in any subject area (maybe 5 to 10 words per week).
After they have compiled several lists, have them as a group
make lists of words that are synonyms, antonyms or relate to
each word in some way.  This may take more than one day.

Example:

In a oceanography unit you may have the word current.  One
definition might be: a large portion of water moving in a
certain direction.   The following might be a list of words
the students generate that relates to the word:

CURRENT

water          stream         rip (currents)
flow           swirl          longshore (currents)
convection     meandering     Peruvian
undertow       wind           upwelling
surface        course         Gulf (as in Gulf Stream)
wave           torrent        ocean
movement       eddy           sailing
tide           surge


                          TO PLAY:

Put each vocabulary word on a 2 x 1 card.  Divide the class
in two teams.   Have one person from each team sit in a
chair at the front of the class.  Give them one of the words
on the cards.  Each student in turn gives a clue to the word
on the card to their respective team.  Give the team a few
seconds to discuss the clue and to come up with the answer.
If someone shouts out an answer that is the one that is
taken.   Continue until the correct word is guessed.   If a
team guesses on the first try it is worth ten points.  Each
time there is an incorrect guess the value is reduced by one
point.  After the word had been guessed change students and
give a new word.