A learning strategy for the introduction of new vocabulary and overall organization of a selection by representing key terms visually. The following steps are usually involved: listing the key terms; arranging the terms to highlight relationships between ideas; adding words familiar to the student in order to develop the identified
A structural analysis that examines the word parts having meaning such as prefixes or suffixes.
A categorizing method, developed by Hilda Taba, which aims to improve vocabulary development and concept comprehension.
Words that sound alike but are often spelled differently, and have different meanings and origins.
A teaching tool and graphic organizer to assist in the comprehension of complex terms.
In reading, a process that follows the blending of sounds and enables readers to analyze words without resorting to sounding them out mentally.
The phonogramic parts of rhyming words that are identical; in a syllable, the vowel and any consonants which follow it.
An activity or setting which involves the oral presentation or dramatization of a text.
The ideas and their associated words that a person derives from his or her memory when introduced to a topic.