Racing to English True Stories

Boycott - 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 story.

Language learning objectives:

• Consolidation and extension of vocabulary introduced in the story

• Use of dictionaries and dictionary definitions

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 each 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

Boycott - Dictionary page

Word	Definition	Translation
rent	money you must pay every month for your house, etc.
harvest	the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields
crops	plants that farmers grow for food
reduce	to make something smaller
refuse	to say that you will not do something
persuade	to talk to someone and make them do something by giving them good reasons
deliver	to take something to someone
poor	having little money
estate	a very large area of land that is owned by one person or company
collect	to go somewhere and get something
in charge	in control of something
farm	an area of land used for growing crops and keeping animals

rent	money you must pay every month for your house, etc.
harvest	the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields
crops	plants that farmers grow for food
reduce	to make something smaller
refuse	to say that you will not do something
persuade	to talk to someone and make them do something by giving them good reasons
deliver	to take something to someone
poor	having little money
estate	a very large area of land that is owned by one person or company
collect	to go somewhere and get something
in charge	in control of something
farm	an area of land used for growing crops and keeping animals

Racing to English

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

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