Modeling Direct Vocabulary Instruction

List, Group, Label

List – Group - Label• LIST: Brainstorm terms related to a topic– “Think of any words that remind you of ___.”

– Keep the list manageable

• GROUP: Organize terms into smaller groups of related words

• LABEL: Name the groups

Follow-up:–Discus the terms & groups–Semantic mapping

Volcanoes

lava Mt. St. Helenseruption

explode ash rocksmagma Pompeii firedeath earthquake dustsmoke heat cinders

• Lava, ash, rocks, dust, smoke = things that come out of a volcano

• Mt. St. Helens, Pompeii = famous volcanoes• Explode, death, earthquake = results of a volcano• Lava, fire, cinders, magma = hot volcanic parts

LIST

GROUP

Volcanoes

Things that come out

Famousvolcanoes

Results of volcanoes

Hot volcanicparts

lava

ash

rocksdust

smokeMt. St. Helens

Pompeii

explode

death earthquake firecinders

magma

lava

LABEL

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