VOCABULARY, WORD FORMATION AND PARAPHRASING

It is a good idea to design lessons that combine different aspects and skills of language learning. This is an example of a lesson which teaches vocabulary, the skill of paraphrasing (needed in sentence transformation questions) and word formation.

Vocabulary: Complete this text I’ve written with words from the word cloud.

Basquiat was one of America’s most (1)________painters. He was born in 1960 to immigrant parents. He spent his childhood making art and (2)________. He never attended art school but learnt about art by wandering through New York galleries and listening to the music his father played at home. He drew (3)______ from unexpected places and would scribble* his own versions of cartoons, comic books and Biblical scenes. However, it was a medical encyclopedia that had the most (4)______ on Basquiat. It ignited a lifelong (5)______ with anatomy that manifested in the skulls, sinew and guts of his later work, which explored the power and (6)_________ of marginalized people.

*Scribble (v) - to write or draw something quickly or carelessly

Paraphrasing: Complete with words from the word cloud. You need to put the verbs in the past form.

1. Basquiat was a very charismatic artist.

Basquiat was an artist who had a lot of ________.

2. He drew inspiration from unexpected places.

Unexpected places _________ Basquiat.

3. He had a fascination with anatomy.

Anatomy _____________Basquiat.

4. His work explored the vulnerability of people on the edge of society.

_________ people on the edge of society were explored in Basquiat’s work.

5. As a child he would make mischief.

He was _________ as a child.

6. A medical encyclopedia had the most influence on Basquiat.

Basquiat was most _____________ by a medical encyclopedia.

Word Formation

1. Charisma is the noun. What's the adjective?

2. Inspiration is the noun. What's the verb?

3. Fascinate is the verb. What's the noun?

4. Vulnerable is the adjective. What's the noun?

5. Mischief is the noun. What's the adjective?

6. Influence is the noun. What's the verb?

Answers:

Vocabulary

1. charismatic

2. mischief

3. inspiration

4. influence

5. fascination

6. vulnerability

Paraphrasing

1. charisma

2. inspired

3. fascinated

4. vulnerable

5. mischievous

6. influenced

Word Formation

1. charismatic

2. inspire

3. fascination

4. vulnerability

5. mischievous

6. influence