Semantic Maps

What is it?

• Visual representation of concepts and important vocab
• A way to organize and group vocabulary based on meanings and relationships
• Content enhancement device used as a pre-learning activity that assists students in activating their prior knowledge

Ways to use it:

• Students generate related vocabulary to teacher provided topic
• Teacher provides vocabulary words and as a class they make connections and meaning between the words and the topic to create a map

Examples:

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