ALEX Learning Activity

  

Wall of Words

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  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Amy Smith
System:Gadsden City
School:W. E. Striplin Elementary School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2843
Title:
Wall of Words
Digital Tool/Resource:
Google Jamboard: Wall of Words
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

This activity is completed using Google Jamboard. The purpose of this assignment is to allow students to discover the affixes that affect the part of speech of a word. This would be a great opening lesson for a morphology lesson. 

This activity was created as part of the ALEX Resource Development Summit. 
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
27. Discover word meanings by analyzing word parts, examining connotation and denotation, or using print or digital reference tools.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
27.
  • Word parts
  • Connotation
  • Denotation
  • Print reference tools
  • Digital reference tools
Knowledge:
27. Students know:
  • The meaning of words can be identified by examining the word's morphological structure or its connotation or denotation.
  • Strategies for using print and digital reference tools.
Skills:
27. Students are able to:
  • Use word parts, connotation, and/or denotation to determine word meanings.
  • Use reference tools to determine word meanings.
Understanding:
27. Students understand that:
  • If they encounter an unfamiliar or unknown word in text, they should use a strategy to discover the word meaning or consult a reference tool to find the word meaning.
Learning Objectives:

The student will: 

  • identify the part of speech of a word while completing a word sort.

  • explain how knowing the meaning of a word contributes to determining the part of speech of the word. 

I can: 

  • complete a word sort by identifying the parts of speech.
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
Before/Engage
Activity:

The teacher will instruct the student to access the Jamboard. The teacher will ask: 

  • What is a noun? 

  • What is a verb? 

  • Give me an example of an adjective. 

  • What suffix is commonly at the end of an adverb? 

After the quick review, the teacher will instruct the student to complete the word sort, individually or in pairs. 

The students will move each sticky note under the correct part of speech. 

After students complete the activity, the teacher will ask: 

  • What do you notice about the nouns? Are there any common prefixes or suffixes? 

  • The teacher will continue to ask these types of questions for each part of speech. 
Assessment Strategies:

This activity would be most appropriate for a formative assessment at the beginning of a unit on affixes. If a student cannot correctly identify a part of speech based on word parts like "tion", "ly" and "ed" then the teacher will know that some review lessons will need to happen. 
Advanced Preparation:

Teachers will share the Jamboard with students. Teachers will share the Jamboard via the online classroom platform of their choice. 
Variation Tips (optional):

This could be completed as a whole group. The teacher would project the Jamboard. 

This activity could also be completed in pairs. 
Notes or Recommendations (optional):

This activity can stand alone or be used as a Before/Engage activity for the following learning activities:

Wacky Words: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes (during activity)

Inconceivable!: Using The Princess Bride to Assess Students (after activity)
  Keywords and Search Tags  
Keywords and Search Tags: 6th grade, affixes, Jamboard, parts of speech, prefixes, suffixes, vocabulary, word sorts