Teaching Vocabulary #5 - Summarizing your vocabulary

Summarizers are great when you are done with the unit.  Depending on your activity,it can be as simple as writing the words or making a booklet of definitions.  Let students choose their summarizer types.  Again have a rubric so that students are not surprised with their grades.

Sample Rubric:
D - work includes writing, typing all the words such as wordle, foldable, webpage, booklet
C - work includes in addition to above - creativity, visual clarity
B - in addition to above - a diagram of interrelatedness or just diagrams/explanation
A - an organized presentation of all the above including examples and an oratory explanation of their work

Examples of end of unit vocabulary summarizer:
1) Wordles - students type in the words and create a design of words. 
2) Webpage, Power Point or Word - students create a webpage of words with links to online resources
3) Foldable or booklet - students write the words with definitions
*** YouTube has a lot of videos on foldables.  Here's a list - pyramid,  pop up,  booklets,
4) Youtube video - students create their own video of words
5) Form a circle - students act out the words while they are saying it
6) Poem, rap, performance - students will write the words and make it rhyme like a poem, rap, then present in class