

Step 3: Teacher provides the dictionary definition. Type the complete sentence into the script that you project on the screen.) (Literally use the word exactly as it appears in the text students are about to read.

Step 2: Teacher states the word in context from text. Step 1: Teacher says the word (or phrase) and asks students to repeat the word 3 times. Here are the correct base parameters for the 7-Steps for Preteaching Vocabulary Step 7: Turn and Talk: (almost) This is actually Step 6 and requires a sentence frame (which Joe provided). However, if it is VERY specific and conveys exactly the meaning, it can be added at the definition level Step 6: visual (incorrect) A visual image is not part of the 7-Steps. false cognates, cognates, grammar, polysemy.(correct) Step 5: Highlighting how it is special, etc. Step 4: Student friendly definition (great) Step 3: Academic or dictionary definition (great) English is the unifying language for instruction. Translation soon becomes a becomes crutch plus if the teacher isn’t a native speaker of every language in the classroom it causes a problem and leaves others out. Step 2: Translate (incorrect) translation is NOT part of the process (cognates yes, translation no). (correct) HOWEVER, rising sea levels is a Tier 3 content specific phrase. Joe’s 7-Steps: Notice that Joe put everything on the ppt or smartboard. Below you’ll see the actual 7-Steps and how your nice activity aligns or deviates. Good during reading technique or after reading word study, but for preteaching, it requires too much background knowledge an is not a Tier 2 vocabulary phrase. Good classroom discussion about vocabulary, however, it is not the 7-Steps of RETELL or it’s foundation model ExC-ELL.
