My English Pages

From alphabet to writing a story

By the end of this activity students will learn 26 new words and use them in sentences or to write a story.  The materials required are a dictionary, paper, pen or pencil. The activity takes about one or two class periods

The activity

• Students look through the dictionary and then define one word from each letter of the alphabet.
• Each selected word should be new.
• After they define all 26 words, students must copy them in their vocabulary notebook.
• Then, they must write one sentence for each of the 26 words.
• Make sure that they use each word correctly.

Follow up

Students use some of  those 26 words in a story. They must underline each of those selected words in the story.