Teacher Talk for...

Statements and Questions for Visual Imaging:

Visualizing vocabulary words enables students who are stronger in spatial rather than verbal intelligence to find or draw picture that illustrates the definition of a word(s).

• How does your illustration help you remember the new word?
• What do you see when you think of the word ______________?
• What is the word ______________ like?  How does this example remind you of the word?
• What part of the pantomime helped you to know the word?
• Try and look at all the clay forms and create a definition for the word ___________.
• Why did you choose that movement to represent the word ______________?
• Try to visualize the meaning of the word.
• Tell about an experience you have had that reminded you of this word.
• Try to visualize what the word looks like in a picture.