CVHS Library announces a new schoolwide vocabulary building challenge.
The Word Wise weekly challenge encourages students to learn and practice a set of academic words. The academic words are initially selected from Avril Coxhead's Academic Word List (AWL), University of Wellington, NZ.
Teachers can engage students in the Word Wise challenge via this link. New words are posted on Mondays. Self-quizzes are posted on Fridays.
https://library.cv.k12.ca.us/academicwriting/vocabulary
St
udents can also independently find a new “Build vocabulary” section on the library website under the student services menu.
The library will offer prizes at the end of the semester for:
- Stupendous effort
- Most words learned
- Most creative use
- Word wise wizard level, individual
- Most word wise class and runner up (Frosh, Sophomore, Junior, Senior)
The Words of the Week for November 11-15 are:
This program is inspired by our English teachers' call to all academic departments to contribute to teaching academic vocabulary to our students. Thank you, English teachers!