How+to+address+vocabulary+in+your+novels

Complete this template for each word, then save it in a file entitled: Vocabulary for (The title of your book). An example is included. You will be assessed individually in a weekly quiz that will be administered each Monday and you will be assessed on the completion of your vocabulary templates. It is not advisable to divide the work among group members. Acquisition of vocabulary is very important in reading; you will learn better if you are not passively copying others' work.

Occasionally, there will be a page number after a word. You need to make a good guess about the word's definition by reading the sentences around it, then you can look it up.

An explanation for the boxes: Upper right box: Look up the definition. Put definition or synonyms in the box. Upper left box: Examples you can think of. Lower left box: antonyms; if there are none online, you can try to think of some. Lower right box, most important: The bridge you build with prior knowledge, the hook to the word. Below the box: Find a sentence that uses the word and copy it here!