ELEMENTARY

TO
SECONDARY
VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION
KRYSTELLE JOY T. ZIPAGAN
BEED 4
 Topics
• Semantic Feature Analysis
• Semantic Mapping
• Frayer Model
• Context Clues
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Semantic Feature
Analysis
SEMANTIC FEATURE
ANALYSIS
• studying the
features given to
classify ideas

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 Semantic Feature Analysis
NAME MAMMAL BIRD REPTILE AMPHIBIAN
Crocodile - - + -
Frog - - - +
Kangaroo + - - -
Ostrich - + - -
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 Semantic Feature Analysis
NAME MAMMAL BIRD REPTILE AMPHIBIAN
Crocodile /
Frog /
Kangaroo /
Ostrich /
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Semantic
Mapping
SEMANTIC MAPPING
• the core contains
the main idea and
the strands give
qualities to the main
idea
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SEMANTIC MAPPING
• helps identify and
remember the
meaning of a new
word

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Frayer Model
FRAYER MODEL
• develops ability to
organize ideas based
on the clues given.
• The concept is put at
the center.
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 Physical
Change

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Context Clues
CONTEXT CLUES
• getting meaning of
words as they are
used in sentences

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 1. Definition
T 2. Apposition
Y 3. Comparison/Contrast
P 4. Explanation
E 5. Presentation Clue
S 6. Synonyms
7. Experience
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1. Definition
Example:
Antenna is a device
used in catching
signals.

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2. Apposition
Example:
Sajid goes to the
kuttab, a primary
school.

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3. Comparison/Contrast
Example:
Far-flung or remote,
we can still go there.

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4. Explanation
Example:
A person is in pubescence
when he observes that
secondary sex characteristics
appear in his body like the
appearance of Adam’s
apple or these is change in
his voice.
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5. Presentation Clue
Example:
She is a loquacious
girl for she cannot
stop from talking.

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6. Synonyms
Example:
Marissa is lonely and
so she’s sad.

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7. Experience
Example:
After a strong typhoon
struck the place it was
devastated.

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References:
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Componential_analysis
• https://quizlet.com/109785632/edsp-743-chp-10-flash-cards/
• “Introduction to Semantic Mapping.” Lionel Dixon. 2016
slideplayer.com/slide/7982555/
• “Connecting Word Meanings Through Semantic Mapping.” By: Judy
Zorfass, Tracy Gray, PowerUp WHAT WORKS. 2014
• https://www.readingrockets.org/article/connecting-word-meanings-
through-semantic-mapping
• http://www.theteachertoolkit.com/index.php/tool/frayer-model
• https://www.nbss.ie/sites/default/files/publications/frayer_model_vocb
ulary_strategy_handout__copy_3.pdf
• http://www.s2temsc.org/uploads/1/8/8/7/18873120/frayer_model_stra
tegy.pdf

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