Activity summary

Students will participate in a vocabulary challenge relating to a topic they are focusing on in the classroom. Students need to think of a word and an action related to the topic and memorise as many other words and actions selected by other students.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

familiarise themselves with a range of vocabulary relating to a topic.

Success criteria:

Students can...

share and memorise vocabulary and actions relating to a topic.

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This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

creativity
communication

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

Year 7 Geography:

Create descriptions, explanations and responses, using geographical knowledge and methods, concepts, terms and reference sources (AC9HG7S06)

Year 8 Geography:

Create descriptions, explanations and responses, using geographical knowledge and methods, concepts, terms and reference sources (AC9HG8S06)

Relevant parts of Year 7 Geography achievement standards: Students use geographical knowledge, concepts, terms and relevant findings from sources to create descriptions, explanations and responses.

Relevant parts of Year 8 Geography achievement standards: Students use geographical knowledge, methods, concepts, terms and reference findings from sources to create descriptions, explanations and responses.

NSW Syllabus outcomes: GE1-3

General capabilities: Literacy

Space for students to stand in a circle.

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low - introduce, oversee and adjudicate the vocab challenge.

We don’t have any related professional courses for this lesson at the moment, but we do have heaps of other Cool professional learning here.

Meaningful Moments: Vocabulary Challenge Game

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