This document is a lesson plan for vocabulary instruction. Part A discusses why directly teaching vocabulary is important for student learning as it provides the foundation for understanding content and improving reading comprehension. Part B explains how to identify essential trade vocabulary terms and sort them by importance and order for instruction.

1. Module:
Vocabulary Instruction
Lesson 1:
Part A: Why is directly teaching vocabulary important
to students learning?
Part B: How do I identify essential trade vocabulary
and sort by importance and order?
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2. WHY TEACH
VOCABULARY ?(Part A)
•It provides foundation for understanding content
 Enable the ability to refine, manipulate and
apply knowledge
•Is strongly associated with improved reading
comprehension
 Full comprehension requires 90% familiarity of
content
 <90% leads to frustration, lack of attention,
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behavior issues, tuning out
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3. WHY TEACH
VOCABULARY ? (cont’d)
•Assists in learning the technical language
 More terms than learning a foreign
language
•Incorporates the use of 3 of the 9 High Yield
Strategies:
• #2 – Summarizing (defining term)
• #4 – Homework and Practice (using the
organizer to study)
• #9 – Cues, Questions, and Graphic
Organizers
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4. IS IT WORTH
INSTRUCTION
TIME?
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5. IS IT WORTH
INSTRUCTION TIME?
• Identified as one of the Top 10 Career
Success Standards
• ‘Industry Vocabulary’ included in TAR
• Define and use technical words and phrases
relevant to [TAR name].
• Academic Strand:
• ELA 1.4: Defines vocabulary common to the
industry
• Chapter 6 in A Guide to Standards-based
Instruction in Job Corps
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