• Academic Vocabulary Games (A Must See)
  This site was developed by a project in Tennessee to support Academic Vocabulary Development. It explains Marzano's 6-step process with additional support, activities, and/or games for each step.
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• Academic Word List (Most important 570 words for academic success)
  The Academic Word List includes ten units of sets of words most frequently found in school text books of all types, hence applying to non-fiction. "The Academic Word List, compiled by Coxhead (2000), consists of 570 word families that are not in the most frequent 2,000 words of English but which occur reasonably frequently over a very wide range of academic texts. These 570 words are grouped into ten sublists that reflect word frequency and range.
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• Building Academic Background Knowledge
  PowerPoint developed by a school district on Marzano's 6-step process for Building Academic Background Knowledge. This is the html version of the file http://downloads.k12.hi.us/assessment/hawaiistateassessment/fall07/BuildingAcademicBackground.pps. Click on the link to see the PowerPoint presentation.
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• Common Errors in English
  This site by Paul Brians contains an alphabetized list of common errors in the use of English. Most are related to misuse of vocabulary where two terms are often confused.
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• Creating ABC Books
  Strategy of the Week from Education World. Includes ideas across grade levels as well as samples of student ABC books online.
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• English: Vocabulary Guide
  This site provides pictures for suvival and content vocabulary accompanied by the pronunciation of each. Students select the picture, hear the word, and see it written.
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• LITTLE EXPLORERS by Enchanted Learning Software
  2,460 illustrated dictionary entries! Each word is used in a meaningful example sentence. Most entries have links to a related web site. Just click on an underlined word (or its accompanying picture), and you'll link to a related page. LITTLE EXPLORERS makes surfing the Internet very easy. A picture-dictionary format is used to link to hundreds of carefully-chosen child-friendly sites around the world. Since the pictures are links, even pre-readers can surf with a minimum of help and guidance from their favorite adult. Older kids can use Little Explorers as a school reference. This is the English version. Other languages are available.
  Little Explorers-A multi-lingual picture dictionary with links to educational activities and games. Even preschoolers can surf carefully chosen kids' sites on the web. The format is an easy to use, illustrated word book. The pictures and words are links to educational activities, games, and nursery rhymes. This on-line illustrated, linking dictionary for children was designed
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• Preparing for Effective Vocabulary Instruction
  This is the first part of a two-part article by Kate Kinsella published in Aiming High, October 2005 by the Sonoma County Office of Ed. The publication seeks to close the achievement gap.
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• Teaching Academic Vocabulary pt. 2
  This is an article by Kate Kinsella in Aiming High: Aspirando a Lo Mejor a publication in California commited to closing the achievement gap. The article focuses on strategies for teaching vocabulary to ELLs.
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• Ten Best Vocabulary Learning Tips
  Sheppard Software has developed this list of the ten best vocabulary learning tips. Use of these tips would definately support not only their SAT and GRE lists but any study of vocabulary. See links to online vocabulary games and resouces.
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• Using Pictures to Teach Content to Second Language Learners
  Article by Karen D. Wood and Josefina Tinajero in Middle School Journal: May 2002 Volume 33 Number 5, This article explores the benefits of the Picture Word Inductive Model PWIM for English Language Learners
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• Voc. Slide presentation Institute on Beginning Reading
  Big Ideas in Vocabulary Instruction, presentation of important research and strategies. College of Education University of Oregon, 2000 by Michael Coyne and Lana Edwards
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• Vocabulary @Web English Teacher
  This site offers an amazing list of resources for teaching vocabulary.
  Ideas for teaching vocabulary, K-12
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• Word Wall Resource Page
  Education World ® Lesson Planning This site contains multiple links to explantions of word walls, the goals and guidelines as well as links to multiple resources and activities.
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• ¡Colorín Colorado! Using cognates to develop comprehension in English
  Cognates are words in two languages that share a similar meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. While English may share very few cognates with a language like Chinese, 30-40% of all words in English have a related word in Spanish. For Spanish-speaking ELLs, cognates are an obvious bridge to the English language.
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• ¡Colorín Colorado! Vocabulary development
  Stategies for developing vocabulary for ELLs
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• All About PWIM, "Picture Word Inductive Model"
  This is an explanation of PWIM in an online resource of Nicola-Similkameen School District and Delta School District
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• deadwords
  This is a list of overused words that need to "rest in peace" with alternative more interesting words.
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• Effects of the Building Academic Vocabulary program (BAV)
  Research on the Six-Steps-for Building Academic Vocabulary when applied with students eligible for free and reduced lunch and English Language Learners.
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• Increasing Your Vocabulary (Secondary)
  This site from Jefferson County High School has excellent resources for vocabulary development. See the many links and PowerPoint lessons for writing also.
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