ORC Resource Number #3804Expand All
Choosing, Chatting, and Collecting: Vocabulary Self-Collection StrategyBest Practice

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=296
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY 

In the vocabulary self-collection strategy, students choose the words they want to learn, offer a rationale for their selection, and agree upon words to include in a classroom collection. This strategy helps students to understand the meanings of new words, integrate new words in their conversations and writing, and make personal connections with words while reading. In this lesson, an online Shakespeare text is used as an example. The self-collection strategy is versatile and may be applied to any content area reading. This lesson can easily be modified and used with other content area topics as well. Although self-selection of vocabulary enhances students' motivation and achievement in learning new words, overuse of the strategy will diminish active engagement. (author/ncl)

CAREER APPLICATION 

The vocabulary self-collection strategy could be used in any career-technical classroom whenever new vocabulary is being introduced.  This method empowers students by allowing them to identify words for further study. (sec)

OHIO STANDARDSExpand All
English Language Arts Standards
Acquisition of Vocabulary Standard
NATIONAL STANDARDSExpand All
Standards for the English Language Arts
Reading strategies, language use, and conventions
Write, speak, and visually represent to create text
Purposes for using spoken, written, and visual language
Resource Information
RESOURCE TYPE
Instructional Resource
PRACTICE LEVEL
Best Practice
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 6 - 10
CAREER FIELDS
General Career Skills
TOPICS
English Language Arts --
Vocabulary
FOUND IN
AdLIT
Standards First
KEYWORDS
word learning;
self-collection strategy;
content area vocabulary
Author: Kendra Wagner and Kathleen Benson Quinn
Publisher: IRA/NCTE