Developing Vocabulary Skills

Developing Vocabulary Skills Year 5 / Year 6 English Teaching Resources: Developing Vocabulary Skills is a 30 slide PowerPoint presentation with a booklet of 11 worksheets focusing on how to improve reading and vocabulary skills. The resource explains how to use a range of techniques to improve vocabulary and develop understanding of previously unknown words. Contents include: - how suffixes can help pupils understand new words - how to make and use a vocabulary map - Exploring passages with a focus on vocabulary ; using The Lost World and The Secret Garden - Keeping a vocabulary journal - Using clues to deduce the meaning of new words - Answering exam-like vocabulary questions