Enhancing Academic Vocabulary through Evaluation and Synonyms

Closing the Vocabulary Gap
Closing the Vocabulary Gap
Teaching Disciplinary and
Teaching Disciplinary and
Interdisciplinary Expression
Interdisciplinary Expression
School Development Plan 2020-21
1.2. Curriculum Implementation:
 
 
 
 
9
Language
for
learning
 
 
 
You could use a Frayer
diagram to help
students make
connections between
the new word and
words they already
know.
Evaluate
 
Dictionary definition:
To judge or calculate the quality,
importance, amount, or value of
something
 
Examples:
The magazine article evaluated ten different
digital cameras and ranked them according to
price and ease.
The effects of the drug on patients’ behaviour is
extremely difficult to evaluate.
This activity encourages students to evaluate
different points of view and present their own
conclusions.
 
Synonyms:
Appraise
Assess
Measure
Valuate
Assess
Weigh up
Pass judgement
 
Antonyms:
Explain
Describe
Narrate
 
Definition in your own words:
 
Create your own exam
style question which
includes the word:
 
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If you were asked to evaluate the
reign of Henry VIII, how would you
go about doing this?
 
Consider his successes and
failures.
Decide to what extent one
outweighs the other
Sincere
 
Definition:
Not falsified or perverted in any way
 
Examples:
He sounded sincere in his
promises.
A sincere apology
 
Synonyms:
Genuine
Pure
True
Veracious
Exact
Whole
Clean
unmixed
 
Antonyms:
False
Deceitful
 
During the Renaissance, Spanish sculptors who made mistakes while
carving expensive marble often patched their flaws with 
cera
—‘wax.’
A statue that had no flaws and required no patching was hailed as a
‘sculpture 
sin cera
’ or a ‘sculpture without wax.’ The phrase
eventually came to mean anything honest or true. The English word
‘sincere’ evolved from the Spanish 
sin cera
—‘without wax.’ ”
Malevolent
 
Definition:
Wishing or appearing to wish evil to
others; arising from intense ill will or
hatred
 
Examples:
- 
Her great rose window looked down like
a dark malevolent eye.
-
Failure made him malevolent toward
those who were successful.
-
The student gazed malevolently at the
teacher when her mobile phone was
confiscated.
 
Synonyms:
Malicious
Spiteful
Evil-minded
Venomous
bitter
 
Antonyms:
Benevolent
Kind
Kind-hearted
 
 
The morphology of the word 
malevolent
 
mal
 
evolent
 
Mal comes from Latin
 
Simple
 
Sophisticated
 
Anglosaxon
 
Greek/Latin
 
Enough
Ask
Old
Give up
Begin
 
Sufficient
Interrogate
Archaic
Relinquish
Commence
 
Upgrading our classroom talk
 
Useful websites recommended by Alex Quigley
 
6 Useful Vocabulary Websites (theconfidentteacher.com)
 
Vocabulary.com
 
Online etymology dictionary: 
Online Etymology
Dictionary | Origin, history and meaning of English words
(etymonline.com)
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Explore the importance of teaching explicit vocabulary in subject areas, such as History, through activities like using Frayer diagrams and understanding word definitions. Learn how to evaluate historical events like the reign of Henry VIII, and delve into the origins of the word "sincere." Enhance interdisciplinary expression by connecting new words to existing knowledge.


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  1. Closing the Vocabulary Gap Teaching Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Expression

  2. 9 Language for learning School Development Plan 2020-21 1.2. Curriculum Implementation: 1.2.4 Explicit vocabulary teaching, reading and disciplinary expression is at the heart of subject teaching and combats disadvantage to secure the highest levels of attainment.

  3. You could use a Frayer diagram to help students make connections between the new word and words they already know.

  4. Dictionary definition: To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something Synonyms: Appraise Assess Measure Valuate Assess Weigh up Pass judgement Definition in your own words: Evaluate Examples: The magazine article evaluated ten different digital cameras and ranked them according to price and ease. The effects of the drug on patients behaviour is extremely difficult to evaluate. This activity encourages students to evaluate different points of view and present their own conclusions. Create your own exam style question which includes the word: Antonyms: Explain Describe Narrate

  5. What does evaluate mean in History? What does evaluate mean in History? If you were asked to evaluate the reign of Henry VIII, how would you go about doing this? Consider his successes and failures. Decide to what extent one outweighs the other

  6. Synonyms: Genuine Pure True Veracious Exact Whole Clean unmixed Definition: Not falsified or perverted in any way Sincere Examples: He sounded sincere in his promises. A sincere apology Antonyms: False Deceitful

  7. During the Renaissance, Spanish sculptors who made mistakes while carving expensive marble often patched their flaws with cera wax. A statue that had no flaws and required no patching was hailed as a sculpture sin cera or a sculpture without wax. The phrase eventually came to mean anything honest or true. The English word sincere evolved from the Spanish sin cera without wax.

  8. Synonyms: Malicious Spiteful Evil-minded Venomous bitter Definition: Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred Malevolent Examples: - Her great rose window looked down like a dark malevolent eye. - Failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful. - The student gazed malevolently at the teacher when her mobile phone was confiscated. Antonyms: Benevolent Kind Kind-hearted

  9. The morphology of the word malevolent mal evolent Mal comes from Latin

  10. Upgrading our classroom talk Simple Sophisticated Anglosaxon Greek/Latin Sufficient Interrogate Archaic Relinquish Commence Enough Ask Old Give up Begin

  11. Useful websites recommended by Alex Quigley 6 Useful Vocabulary Websites (theconfidentteacher.com) Vocabulary.com Online etymology dictionary: Online Etymology Dictionary | Origin, history and meaning of English words (etymonline.com)

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