Vocabulary Teaching
Use this table to help you think about how you will teach the 12 vocabulary items you have selected from the 'What made me who I am' text
for pre-teaching.
Item Meaning How meaning will Pronunciation Grammatical and Concept questions (if
be conveyed to other information needed)
students http://www.phonemic
chart.com/transcribe/
https://easypronunciat
ion.com/en/english-
phonetic-
transcription-
converter
An award To give a prize or I will present some /ə'wɔ:d/ Noun- to receive an
nomination or a pictures of someone Stress: oO award
payment to someone. being given an award
A prize that is seen as or someone receiving Verb- to give an
recognition for an an award. award to someone
achievement (The college awarded
I will demonstrate the her for exceptional
word by acting it out, marks)
pretending to receive
an award.
Planning The decision and I will display pictures /'plænɪŋ/ Verb- (I am planning Is it the same as
thinking processes of a person designing a party) writing a story? (No)
done before hand on a chart or creating a Stress: Oo
how and when list to give them an Is the end goal to have
something needs to be overall idea. a set plan? (yes)
done. (Business
Jargons, n.d.). I will give them
, synonyms such as
Creating a step by “to work”, “to write
step idea. down ideas and
organize them”.
I will act out what
I’m doing while
displaying the
pictures.
Mining An action of taking/ I will demonstrate /'maɪnɪŋ/ Noun- an industry
digging out coal and various pictures of (The country is
other rock materials people mining. Stress: Oo known for its mining
from deep in the industry)
ground. I will state a
synonym, “digging
out” and provide a
concept such as
removing rocks from
the ground.
I will point to the
pictures. (They are
mining for coals).
A hostile person An unfriendly, I will explain the /'hɒstaɪl/ Adjective-unfriendly Is Jane a nice person?
unkind, rude, bitter meaning of the word (the hostile dog) (no).
and aggressive first. Then provide an Stress: Oo
person. example of a Is Jane friendly to
scenario. other people? (no)
Someone or
something that one “Frank says hello to Is Jane a hostile
dislikes because they Jane. Jane ignores person then? (yes)
are unlikeable. him and does not say
Use this table to help you think about how you will teach the 12 vocabulary items you have selected from the 'What made me who I am' text
for pre-teaching.
Item Meaning How meaning will Pronunciation Grammatical and Concept questions (if
be conveyed to other information needed)
students http://www.phonemic
chart.com/transcribe/
https://easypronunciat
ion.com/en/english-
phonetic-
transcription-
converter
An award To give a prize or I will present some /ə'wɔ:d/ Noun- to receive an
nomination or a pictures of someone Stress: oO award
payment to someone. being given an award
A prize that is seen as or someone receiving Verb- to give an
recognition for an an award. award to someone
achievement (The college awarded
I will demonstrate the her for exceptional
word by acting it out, marks)
pretending to receive
an award.
Planning The decision and I will display pictures /'plænɪŋ/ Verb- (I am planning Is it the same as
thinking processes of a person designing a party) writing a story? (No)
done before hand on a chart or creating a Stress: Oo
how and when list to give them an Is the end goal to have
something needs to be overall idea. a set plan? (yes)
done. (Business
Jargons, n.d.). I will give them
, synonyms such as
Creating a step by “to work”, “to write
step idea. down ideas and
organize them”.
I will act out what
I’m doing while
displaying the
pictures.
Mining An action of taking/ I will demonstrate /'maɪnɪŋ/ Noun- an industry
digging out coal and various pictures of (The country is
other rock materials people mining. Stress: Oo known for its mining
from deep in the industry)
ground. I will state a
synonym, “digging
out” and provide a
concept such as
removing rocks from
the ground.
I will point to the
pictures. (They are
mining for coals).
A hostile person An unfriendly, I will explain the /'hɒstaɪl/ Adjective-unfriendly Is Jane a nice person?
unkind, rude, bitter meaning of the word (the hostile dog) (no).
and aggressive first. Then provide an Stress: Oo
person. example of a Is Jane friendly to
scenario. other people? (no)
Someone or
something that one “Frank says hello to Is Jane a hostile
dislikes because they Jane. Jane ignores person then? (yes)
are unlikeable. him and does not say
