CONNECTIONS+CAROUSEL



CONNECTIONS CAROUSEL

 Break the class into small groups of 4 or 5 students each.

 For each group, hang a piece of poster paper at various locations around the classroom. Each paper should have a Latin or Greek root that you are connecting to vocabulary words.

 Give each group a different colored magic marker to enable you to track back any inappropriate postings.

 Each group will be assigned a poster to begin.

 They will have one minute to write as many connecting words as they can think of.

 When the time is up, each group will rotate clockwise to the next poster.

 The exercise will continue until every group has had an opportunity to post on every poster. Results will diminish with each group.

 Once completed, the contents of each poster can be reviewed by the class to ensure that all the words are real and to discuss the meanings of the words and root.

 Posters can be hung around the classroom to enrich the environment. Other enrichment activities can then be built upon these connected word lists that the students have created. For example, words can be used in short stories, poems or performance activities.

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