Vocabulary Contract

Vocabulary Contract

Due each Friday

Date ______

Name: ______Your point goal for this week is __100___

When you complete a class assignment, you should automatically start working on the vocabulary contract.
Complete your choices of the following activities, with points assigned to each. You must follow the directions given for each in order to earn full credit. Please return this form along with your activities, to earn full credit. Check your choice of activities in the blank beside the number.

_____ 1. Make a set of flash cards for the words. Write the word on the front and the definition on the back. (20 points for a complete set)

____ 2. Make a set of picture flash cards for the words. Write the word on the front and draw a picture to illustrate the word on the back. (20 points for a complete set)

_____3. Use graph paper to create a crossword puzzle using 10 of the words from the list. Remember crossword puzzles have hints or clues to go with each word. Be sure to add an answer key. (20 points for a complete set)

_____ 4. Write a well-organized, correctly written newspaper article, short story, poem, song, or rap using 10 of the vocabulary words. Underline each vocabulary word. (20 points)

_____ 5. Find five or more examples of how vocabulary words are used in a newspaper or magazine and paste them on to a piece of construction paper or copy and paste into a new word document with the vocab words in red. Do not repeat any words. (15 points)

_____ 6.Create a comic strip using 3-5 words you have chosen from the vocabulary list. Yourreader must be able to understand the meaning of your words by reading thecomic strip. (15 points)

_____ 7. Create 3 vocabulary cubes. If you choose to make the vocab cubes, get blank cubes to complete. (10 points)

_____ 8. Create analogies for 10 of your words. (10 points)

Can be written as either:Happy is to sad as up is to down

happy : sad :: up : down

_____ 9. Cut letters or words out of magazines/newspapers to make a collage. You need to include at least half of your vocab words. (10 points)

_____ 10. Complete the half page form, “Using Sentence Stems to Describe a Word” for each of your vocabulary words. (Each completed form is worth 1 point.)

______11. Complete a half page form, “Writing Your Own Definition”, for each of the vocabulary words. (Each vocabulary word is worth one point.)

______12. Choose a word. Create a riddle for your word. Start with a general clue and end with a specific clue. (Each riddle is worth one point.)

NAME______DATE ______
FRAYER MODEL

Word ______

Definition (in own words) / Draw a picture
Examples / Non-examples

NAME______DATE ______

FRAYER MODEL

Word ______

Definition (in own words) / Draw a picture
Examples / Non-examples

Name______Date______
USING SENTENCESTEMS TO DESCRIBE A WORD

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word

HOW CAN I DESCRIBE THIS WORD?
It’s kind of like a ______.
It looks like a ______.
It’s when you ______.
It’s where you go to ______.
It smells like ______.
You use it when you ______.

Name______Date______
USING SENTENCESTEMS TO DESCRIBE A WORD

______
word

HOW CAN I DESCRIBE THIS WORD?
It’s kind of like a ______.
It looks like a ______.
It’s when you ______.
It’s where you go to ______.
It smells like ______.
You use it when you ______.

Name______Date______

WRITING YOUR OWN DEFINITION

Word:

Things I know about the word:

General category this word might belong in:

Examples or other related words: