Assignment A – Vocabulary Teaching Table
No
Item
Protest
How meaning will be
conveyed to students
Meaning
To do/say how you feel I will show a picture.
to show you do not
agree with something in
public with other
people watching.
Pronunciation
Grammatical and
(Transcription and
other information
Word Stress Pattern)
ˈprəʊtɛst, followed Noun
by an unvoiced
sound.
Oo
prəˈtɛst, followed by Verb
a voiced sound.
oO
1
Concept questions
(if needed)
Can you protest for
equal rights for all
people? (yes/no)
Can you protest
peacefully? (yes/no)
Adverb –
protestingly
Adjective –
protestant
2
Summer Solstice The day that signifies
the suns highest point in
the sky and marks the
beginning of summer, it
occurs in June in the
northern hemisphere
and in December in the
southern hemisphere.
I will explain, commencing with
the near synonym ‘it is going to be
scorching after today ‘
Thereafter (hopefully) eliciting, I
will provide an example or two.
•
“Today marks the longest
day of the year, it is the
summer solstice “
•
“I visited my mum in June
last year, it was also the
summer solstice on the
day, so we went for a swim
and we got so sunburnt”
© 2020 The TEFL Academy. All rights reserved.
/ˈsʌmə ˈsɒlstɪs/
Oo Ooo
Noun Countable
Is the day longer during
the summer or winter
solstice? (summer)
Which month does the
summer solstice occur
in the northern
hemisphere? (June)
1
No
3
Item
Diplomat
Meaning
How meaning will be
conveyed to students
Pronunciation
Grammatical and
(Transcription and
other information
Word Stress Pattern)
A person whose job is A picture will be shown.
to act for their
country, they are
representatives.
/ˈdɪpləmæt/
Concept questions
(if needed)
Countable noun
What does a diplomat
do? (represent a
country)
Ooo
4
Convoy
More than one/group A picture will be shown.
of vehicles travelling
together.
/ˈkɒnvɔɪ/
Oo
Collective noun
Does the president
travel in a convoy?
(yes)
5
Outsider
A person/thing who
A picture will be shown.
does not feel or is not
accepted in a
crowd/group.
/ˌaʊtˈsaɪdə(r)/
Oooo
Countable noun
If there are marbles
and 1 stone, does the
stone belong there or
is it an outsider?
(outsider)
6
Minority
A small amount of
people in a group/less
than half of a large
group.
I will explain, commencing with
the near synonym ‘the small
group of people fought the
majority ‘
/maɪˈnɒrəti/
Ooo
Singular noun
If there are 10 cats
and 3 dogs, who is
Plural – minorities the minority? (dogs)
Thereafter (hopefully) eliciting,
I will provide examples.
• In class today there are
8 boys and 10 girls, the
boys represent the
minority of the class.
• We must respect the
rights of the minority.
© 2020 The TEFL Academy. All rights reserved.
2
7
Conventional
8
I will explain, beginning with
the near synonym ‘the
traditional way.’
Thereafter (hopefully) eliciting,
I will provide examples.
Alternative
Adjective
/kuhn-ven-shuh-nl/
oOooo
To do something in a I will explain, commencing with
different way or to
the near synonym ‘what is the
have more than one
other way.’
choice.
Thereafter (hopefully) eliciting,
I will provide an example or
two.
• There are two roads, one
is closed, and the other
road takes you to the
same place. ‘there is an
© 2020 The TEFL Academy. All rights reserved.
Conventionally –
adverb
Conventionalist –
noun
• It is a considered
conventional if a woman
who is getting married
to wear a white dress on
her wedding day.
• Showing respect to your
elders is conventional.
To dig deep into the I will show a picture.
ground to look for
valuable objects, e.g.
Gold, diamonds, and
coal.
Mining
9
To do something that
has been done by
people before in the
past, to repeat what
others have done
before and is
considered the normal
way.
/ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
Oo
/ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv/
ooOoo
The bride wore a
black dress on her
wedding day, is that
conventional? (no)
What does it mean if
someone is
conventional? (they
behave properly and
have good manners)
Uncountable noun When a person is
digging a deep hole,
Miner – countable is he mining or not?
noun
(he is mining)
- A person
whose job
is to work
in a mine.
Adjective
If I have two pills,
one blue and one red,
if I give you the blue
pill, what is your
alternative? (red)
3
alternative route.’
• According to the text, the
circus did not have
performances with
animals but humans
only, that is an
alternative circus.
10
Regrouping
To come together
again after there is a
hard(difficult) time to
try again after a
problem or delay.
I will explain, beginning with
the near synonym ‘to come
together.’
/ˌriːˈɡruːpɪŋ /
Oooo
Present participle
Verb- Regroup
Thereafter (hopefully) eliciting,
I will provide examples.
• The enemy is regrouping
their soldiers to attack
again.
In math, there is
regrouping but this
does not relate to the
word regrouping we
are talking about.
Is the enemy
regrouping behind the
hill? (yes/no)
• The soccer team was
regrouping to talk about
a new plan for the game.
11
Hostile
To not be friendly or
to have strong
feelings of dislike.
I will show a picture.
/ˈhɒstaɪl /
Ooo
Adjective
Susan is a new girl in
school, would she
Adverb – hostilely feel hostile being the
new girl? (yes/no)
If you were going on
holiday in a foreign
country and did not
know where you
were, would you feel
© 2020 The TEFL Academy. All rights reserved.
4
hostile? (yes/no)
12
Rebellious
Does not
follow the
rules or does
not listen to
person who is
in charge.
I will show a
picture.
© 2020 The TEFL Academy. All rights reserved.
/ rɪbeliəs /
oOooo
Adjective
Noun –
rebelliousness
Adverb –
rebelliously
Why is Sarah
acting so
rebellious?
Has john always
been this
rebellious?
5