Tableau Vocabulary.pptx

You’ll explore each word in groups, predicting what each might mean and how it could relate to the poem.

The words at each station are important to understanding the poem.

Gallery Walk: Pre-Reading Vocabulary Exploration

Gallery Walk: Pre-Reading Vocabulary Exploration

If you missed it in the classroom:

• Grab a prefilled 4 column chart from Mrs. Chavez (or create your own; an example will be shown on the next slide.)

• Write down your responses to the questions in the “my response”

• Write the denotation and connotation for each word. You may find the denotations on the red box on each even numbered slide.

What images come to mind?

Can it describe a person or group?

What does 'fair' usually mean to you?

Fair

Fair

adjective

Denotation: having pale or light skin or hair

What situations cause this feeling?

When might someone feel indignant?

Indignant

Indignant

adjective

Denotation: showing or feeling anger about something that is wrong or unfair

What might they ignore?

How would someone act if they were oblivious?

oblivious

oblivious

adjective

Denotation: lacking mindfulness; unaware

splendor

Is it connected to beauty, light, or something magnificent?

What images come to mind when you hear ‘splendor’?

splendor

noun

Denotation: magnificent and impressive appearance

How does it feel to work or move together?

What does it mean to act in unison?

unison

unison

noun

Denotation: a performance of actions done together and at the same time

Gallery Walk: Pre-Reading Vocabulary Exploration

Make a prediction about our next story...

• What do you think the poem will be about based on the vocabulary?

• What themes might we encounter?