Help your learners navigate the vocabulary of Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori with a lesson on categorizing words. After coming up with a list of things that grow from the earth, learners decide which categories each words belong in.

Concepts

Vocabulary, novels, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have smaller groups come up with lists of words before sharing with the class to make one large list
• Include additional vocabulary words from the novel, including character names and settings

Classroom Considerations

• The sample lists include words that relate only to plants, which technically address the task but may not be as helpful for reading comprehension 

Pros

• Helpful way of organizing vocabulary words and using critical thinking that could be applied to any topic or novel

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.7.4 RL.8.4 RL.9-10.4 RL.11-12.4