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Using a Thesaurus
Kelly Frasier, a Second Start tutor and staff member, came
up with a novel idea for helping her student learn to use
a Thesaurus and expand his vocabulary. First, she explained
how a Thesaurus was like a dictionary and how it was different.
She then had her learner read a short descriptive paragraph
with some key words underlined. Her student wrote down the
underlined words, looked them up in the Thesaurus, and made
columns of synonyms for each word. After this, he re-read
the paragraph and copied it, inserting a new word for each
underlined word.
Kelly notes that, "Reading through the second time
there was less hesitation. There were some words he decided
not
to change because another word would not have made as much
sense. After he had rewritten the paragraph, he read it again
with almost no hesitation. He really liked doing this and
seemed pleased to use the bigger words which are in his vocabulary."
Reprinted from http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/services/SecondStart/tutortips/lessons/thesaurus.html
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