VOCABULARY STRATEGY LESSON: STORY IMPRESSIONS

Marecha GainesJade OkaforJasmine SlappeyArkeriya Woods

WHAT IS A STORY IMPRESSION?

Use the vocabulary words that have been picked from a book or any written piece

Must be used chronologically Reconstruct the story by

using those words as cues

WHAT IS ITS PURPOSE?

Use vocabulary to activate a story’s schema

LET’S SEE IT IN ACTION!

Pay close attention!

DEFINITIONS OF CHOSEN VOCABULARY WORDS

Slave- a person who is the legal property of someone else and is forced to obey him or her

Knowledge- information and/or skills acquired by experience or education

Infant- a baby Alphabet- a set of letters in a fixed

order Read- look at and comprehend the

meaning of written material

MODELFrederick Douglass was born a slave who wanted to be more. He decided he would obtain the knowledge he needed to devise a plan to escape from slavery. Douglass was taken away from his mother when he was an infant, and was able to see her just a few times his entire life. He did not have any true guidance or anyone to willingly teach him things about life. When he was a young boy he was sent to live with the Auld’s and be servant for their son. Douglass had never met a white person as nice as Mrs. Auld. Mrs. Auld taught Douglass the alphabet and was going to teach him how to read, until Mr. Auld put an end to it. Douglass really wanted to learn how to read, so he came up with a plan. He convinced the poor white children to give him reading lessons for an exchange of food.

GUIDED PRACTICE

Read the last three paragraphs of Frederick Douglass’ Fight for Freedom.

Pick at least seven descriptive words to use in chronological order as we create a story impression of the three paragraphs together.

REFERENCES Okafor, J.A., 2012. Frederick Douglass’ Fight for

Freedom, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Okafor, J.A., 2012. Story Impressions Guided Practice, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Pearson Custom Education: Developing Literacy: LITR 3130. New York: Pearson Learning Solutions, p. 508-509.

Wilcox. 2008. Story Impressions Reading Strategies and Practices. Retrieved from http://www.monet.k12.ca.us/curriculum/englishla/str ategies/story%20impressions.pdf