# Plan how to teach the key vocabulary for a unit

Selects the academic vocabulary that matters most for a unit and plans explicit teaching, practice, and review.

- Topic: Learning & Teaching
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Education, Language, Analyze, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/plan-how-to-teach-the-key-vocabulary-for-a-unit

## Prompt

```text
Help me plan vocabulary instruction for an upcoming unit.

**Subject, grade, and unit:** [e.g. "5th grade science, ecosystems"]
**Texts and materials students will read:** [LIST OR PASTE EXCERPTS]
**Words I'm considering:** [LIST, or ask you to pull candidates from the text]
**Students' language needs:** [e.g. "a third are English learners", "strong readers but weak academic writing"]
**Time available per day for vocabulary:** [MINUTES]

Do the following:
1. Sort the words into: general academic words used across subjects (e.g. "analyze", "evidence"), domain-specific terms for this unit, and words not worth direct teaching. Pick 8-12 to teach explicitly and explain the choices.
2. For each chosen word: a student-friendly definition, an example sentence connected to the unit, a non-example, a visual or gesture idea, and related word forms (e.g. "predict, prediction, predictable").
3. Plan a teaching routine for introducing words (under 5 minutes per word).
4. Plan 5 practice activities across the unit that get students using the words in speaking and writing, not just matching definitions.
5. Add sentence frames for discussion and writing.
6. Include a quick review schedule and a short end-of-unit check that asks students to use the words in context.

Keep definitions accurate for the subject; mark any term where a simplified definition might create a misconception.
```

## What to fill in

- e.g. "5th grade science, ecosystems"
- LIST OR PASTE EXCERPTS
- LIST, or ask you to pull candidates from the text
- MINUTES

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