any fun ideas?
how often is this technique used?
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During the interview I also shared an activity called "Vocabulary Charades". Most teachers deal with some level of vocabulary in their curriculum. This activity adds movement to the definition. For instance, if I teach the word 'Gregarious' I could use the two word definition - talkative, outgoing. I then add hand movements for talkative (think chicken dance) and an outward arm motion for outgoing. The whole process is to say the vocabulary word, say the two-word definition with the movement, and repeat the vocabulary word. Have the class repeat it back to you. Repeat several more times. Simple but crazily effective. I did a 10-word list as part of a keynote for HS students and a year later one of the students repeated the whole thing back to me. It was so powerful that this story made it into my 2nd book which was written for corporate trainers.