What happens when students work together to unlock the vocabulary before reading the book? Before continuing Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown, my students collaborated to determine the meanings of words such as levees, storm surge, evacuate, debris, breaches, and havoc. Building vocabulary and background knowledge first helps students better understand the history, the devastation, and the powerful story behind the text. #BookTok #vocabularylesson #7thgradeteacher #englishvocabulary #HurricaneKatrina
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