Modified+Capsule+Vocabulary


 * Name: **Dominic Giamattei

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__Modified__ __Capsule Vocabulary__  :  is a writing strategy that takes about 15 minutes to help students understand vocabulary.


 * Description: **

Capsule vocabulary is a writing strategy . The process of using the strategy is quite simple and effective. The strategy works because it provides the student with four modes of reading: listening, talking, reading, and writing. By using the word in four different ways, the student is more likely to grasp an understanding of the word, and hopefully retain it. Besides that, using Modified Capsule Vocabulary allows students to get a chance to have fun when they otherwise wouldn't. For students who dread mathematics, getting to learn vocabulary words this way could make that student at least look forward to one portion of every math class. This strategy can be

**Process:** First, give students a list of vocabulary words that are important to the topic students will be learning. <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">Second, have students define the vocabulary words on lined paper, possibly in their notebooks. <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">Third, make sure that students understand the definitions, by having them explain what the vocabulary words mean in their own words. <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">Next, have students talk in pairs about the topic they will be learning about, or material closely related, while throwing in as many of the vocabulary words as possible. <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">Then, in the same pairs, have students create a paragraph that uses all the vocabulary words. <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">**References:** <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">Rinaldi, D. (n.d.). Teaching vocabulary by using capsule vocabularystrategy at fourth grade of elementary school. <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">//(STKIP) PGRI West Sumatera// <span style="font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;">, Retrieved from []

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