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Lesson 6 Word Knowledge
gather
•Discuss the meaning of to gather around = to come close together.
•Discuss and list on a chart things that can be gathered into a collection, such as shells, fresh
flowers, pebbles.
• Discuss that you can gather things together that have scattered or are spread around, such as
paper clips, crayons, papers.
• Note that you can gather together, gather up, gather around.
•Discuss and list on a chart kinds of gatherings or places where people gather: family holidays,
celebrations, parties, meetings, classrooms, church or synagogue services, performances,
movie theaters.
• Role-play commands with gather, for example:
Gather your papers together and place them on my desk.
Gather up your clothes and pack them in a suitcase.
Gather the paper clips that you dropped.
Gather around and I will tell you a story.
knock
• Explain that knock has more than one meaning. You can knock on a door, knock something
down like a tower of blocks or other objects stacked high. Role-play these meanings as you
discuss them.
•Make a classroom bowling game using tin cans and a ball. Have the students play bowling by
knocking down the cans.
•Tell some “Knock knock” jokes.
Recommended books that are available in libraries:
“Best Knock-Knock Book Ever” by Charles Keller
“1,000 Knock Knock Jokes for Kids” by Michael Kilgarriff
“500 Wacky Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids” by Dora Wood
•Discuss the expression: “knocked out” (unconscious)
exchange
• Synonyms: trade, switch, replace
•Discuss how you exchange a gift if it is the wrong size.
• Role-play exchanging things.
•Have the students exchange home addresses, email addresses, and/or phone numbers
with a friend.
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