Print this page,
use the
printer friendly .pdf file worksheet, or create your own format
(copy and paste diagram graphic below) as an exercise to learn difficult
vocabularyItems include:
- vocabulary word (small center box)
(e.g.: "cow")
- definition/brief description (large
upper box)
(e.g.: "a domestic mammal, or the mature female of cattle of the genus
Bos)
- Properties or characteristics or attributes that would
help you recognize it: (right hand column)
(Usually 4-5 feet tall; various colors--white, brown, reddish, black; found on
farms; raised for its milk or meat; may have horns; feeds on grasses)
- Examples that would be recognized as one of that "group"
(left hand column)
(Guernsey, brown and white breed from the island of Guernsey raised for milk; Angus, black hornless breed from Scotland raised for meat; Holstein, black and white breed from Germany/Holland raised for milk)

This exercise is similar to developing a
concept map; thanks to John Martin for this suggestion...
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