The Wreck of the Zanzibar - Session 7 - Word Workshop

The 'Word Workshop' from 'The Wreck of the Zanzibar Session 7' is an educational activity designed to enhance vocabulary skills in students. It encourages learners to delve into the meanings of various words, use them in sentences, and explore their different forms by adding prefixes, suffixes, or changing the tense. This exercise also helps students to identify synonyms and antonyms, broadening their understanding of language and its nuances. For instance, the word 'limping' might be modified to 'limped' to change the tense, and its synonyms could include 'hobbling', while antonyms might be 'striding'.

Another word featured in the workshop is 'lashed', which students are asked to define, use in context, and modify grammatically. They might find synonyms such as 'whipped' or 'struck', and antonyms like 'untied'. Similarly, the word 'amid' would prompt learners to think about its usage in relation to being in the middle of something, with synonyms like 'amongst' and antonyms such as 'outside'. The workshop continues with words like 'gambolling', 'loot', 'miracle', 'insisted', 'threatened', 'scuttling', 'deserve', 'trundled', and 'squinting', each offering a unique opportunity to engage with language and develop a more sophisticated vocabulary.