SCHOOL SCRABBLE Do Now! Grade 6
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Grade Level 6
Lesson 19

Objective

 

  1. Students will use phonetic and structural analysis and knowledge of words to expand their vocabulary.

Activities

 

  1. Write the letters and point values on the board before the students arrive. 
  2. Give the students a couple of minutes to create the highest scoring word out of the letters of the day.  Remind them that if they use all 7 letters, they score a Scrabble “bingo” and get a 50 point bonus.
  3. Ask the students to volunteer the words they have created and list those words on the board with their point values. Make sure to point out homophones, homonyms, prefixes, suffixes, word roots and words with more than one definition. 
  4. Today’s highest scoring word is FERTILE with a point value of 60 points.  If no one in the class identifies the word, then take a few minutes to introduce the word by discussing its (1) spelling (2) pronunciation, (3) definition, (4) part of speech and (5) use in a sentence.

·         FERTILE            capable of growing and developing

 

  1. Here are some other words that can be derived from today’s set of letters.  The definitions come from the Scrabble dictionary.

·         ELITE                       a small group having the highest ability or importance

·         TRIFLE                     something of little value; a sponge cake served with jam

·         FRET                       to worry

·         RELIEF                     removal of something painful or troubling; a release from                duty; a work of art with raised figures; elevations of land                surface

 

  1. Ask students to reflect on the strategies they used to create their highest scoring word.
  2. Ask students to add these new words to their vocabulary notebook.