Racing to English True Stories

Rosa Parks - dictionary work

TEACHERS NOTES

CONTENTS

• Dictionary page with space for pupils/students to write a translation of the words

• Cards for a visible pairs game

This document includes some additional work to go with the Rosa Parks `True Story'.

Language learning objectives:

Consolidation and extension of vocabulary introduced in the story.

ACTIVITIES

VISIBLE PAIRS (for two to four players)

1. Spread out the two sets of cards face down on the table.

2. Players take it in turn to turn over ONE of the cards leaving them FACE UP.

3. If any two of the cards match then the player who has just turned over a card can take those two cards.

4. The player with the most cards at the end is the winner.

(NOTE: the cards are left face up so that pupils/students can continue to read and think about the words/definitions - if they are turned face down again, as in the usual way of playing pairs, the learners only see the back of the cards which does not help their learning.)

TRANSLATION

Pupils/students translate the words into their first language(s) and complete the dictionary page.

DEFINITION BINGO

(Devised by Pat Platteuw)

• Pupils/students write down any five of the words from the dictionary page.

• You read the definitions of the words in a random order.

• Pupils/students tick the word off if they have it on their paper.

• First pupil/student to tick off all the words is the winner.

• Later pupils/students work in groups to play the game.

Acknowledgments:

Definitions adapted from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

(available online http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ )

Racing to English True Stories

Rosa Parks - dictionary page

Word	Definition	Translation
can afford	to be able to buy or do something because you have enough money
arrested	taken away by the police
boycott	to refuse to buy something or to refuse to do something
company	many people who work together to make money
court	a building where trials take place
fined	told to pay some money because you have not obeyed the law
guilty	having done something wrong; having broken the law
law	a rule, usually made by a government, that tells people how to behave
leaders	people who tell others what to do
leaflet	a piece of paper which tells you something or asks you to do something
refuse	to say that you will not do something

can afford	to be able to buy or do something because you have enough money
arrested	taken away by the police
boycott	to refuse to buy something or to refuse to do something
company	many people who work together to make money
court	a building where trials take place
fined	told to pay some money because you have not obeyed the law
guilty	having done something wrong; having broken the law
law	a rule, usually made by a government, that tells people how to behave
leaders	people who tell others what to do
leaflet	a piece of paper which tells you something or asks you to do something
refuse	to say that you will not do something

Racing to English

© Gordon Ward 2010. Photocopiable only for use in the purchasing institution. Step 23: Dictionary - Rosa Parks

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