Vocabulary

=Vocabulary Activities= Students will divide into groups, and each group will be assigned three bolded vocabulary words from the book. They will then write an acrostic poem for each word, explaining the words’ meanings. Students will type their acrostics up and illustrate the word. All of the acrostics will then be put into a classroom vocabulary book. I will give the students a “Predict-Define” graphic organizer. The graphic organizer will have three columns. The first column will have the vocabulary words from the text. The second column will be labeled “Predicted Definition.” Students will fill this column out after reading the text. The last column will be labeled “Actual Definition.” Students will use their resources—dictionary, internet, discussion—to fill out this column after we have talked about the words as a class. Students will break up into groups. Each group will be assigned a vocabulary word. Groups will construct an acrostic poem about their assigned vocabulary word. Students will use information from the text and background knowledge to define and describe their word through the acrostic. Each group will present to the class, so that all students learn about all of the words.
 * **“Itse Selu” by Daniel Pennington**
 * **“A Picture Book of Sacagawea” by David Adler**
 * **“The Tragedy of Little Bighorn” by Warren Halliburton**