Create Fun Vocabulary Lessons with Word Games

My beloved moslem teachers, teaching vocabulary could be presented interestingly. And here some ways to do it.

Teachers Can Make Learning Interesting and Inspire Students

Put an end to tedious memorization and motivate students to learn; instill playful language arts activities into a vocabulary workshop.

Language arts classes, particularly vocabulary lessons, can easily be reduced to pages of worksheets that require students to study, memorize, and regurgitate information. Unfortunately, once students are tested, they usually file away and forget that information. It doesn’t have to be like that. Teachers can fill vocabulary lesson plans with a variety of learning resources, including games, workshops, and other activities. The goal is to make learning vocabulary fun.

Word Play

Have students “play” with the words themselves and their meanings. Students could invent secret codes, create their own slang, design collages, or write an acrostic or an anagram.

Media and Vocabulary

Have students use various forms of media to study new words. For example, they might watch a TV program or movie, listen for vocabulary words, and then note the word and the context in which it was used. They could do the same activity by scanning a newspaper or magazine. Have groups write a scene from a movie or a radio advertisement using vocabulary words. Interest the more artistic students by having them create a billboard using vocabulary words.

Vocabulary Game Shows Add Excitement

Create game shows using vocabulary words. Ideas abound, as there are numerous game shows on TV to model them after. Involve students by having the class create game shows based on their favorites. Then the class can take turns playing them. Divide the class into groups and have each group pick a student to act as host. Games can be developed around multiple-meaning words; suffixes, prefixes, and roots; literal and figurative language; and synonyms and antonyms.

Memory Builders

Make card games out of vocabulary words to snag the competitive interest of students. Words, word parts, and/or word meanings can be written on index cards. Model games after card games like Go Fish. Have students play in pairs or sets of paired students.

Wacky Word Games

Inspire students to have get silly and use words in new and unexpected ways. Switch prefixes and suffixes to make up new words. Use multiple-meaning words in ways that create puns or jokes. Make words using students’ names as the root words. Play with connotations to change the tone of an excerpt from a reading selection.

Artistic Vocabulary Activities

Transform vocabulary lists into works of art. Have students use their imagination to make the words come alive. This could be an activity that is coordinated with the art teacher. Or students may do the project at home and display it as an art gallery exhibit at the end of the lesson. Enlist the help of another teacher to act as a judge and award prizes for the most creative uses of the words.
Take advantage of a variety of learning resources to make learning vocabulary fun for your students. Explore activities online, recast favorite games, pull out the art supplies, or simply play with the words themselves. The important thing is to get away from rote learning and show students that words can be worthwhile and even entertaining.

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