Summer of Reading with Read&Write – Vocabulary Lists
Welcome to post seven in our “Summer of Reading with Read&Write” series. For a quick reminder, Read&Write is free for all staff and students at RRC Polytech to use! While it has many, many, features, we’re highlighting the reading features in this blog series.
Disclaimer: this post assumes that users have both installed and signed into Read&Write, and self-registered in the Read&Write Tutorial in LEARN. If you haven’t, we suggest reviewing:
- Our Summer Reading with Read&Write – Kick Off blog post,
- Post two, Summer of Reading with Read&Write – Reading Basics,
- Post three, Summer of Reading with Read&Write – Unreadable Text,
- Post four, Summer of Reading with Read&Write – Screen Masking,
- Post five, Summer of Reading with Read&Write – Highlighters,
- and post six, Summer of Reading with Read&Write – Dictionaries.
Vocabulary List
In our last post we talked about using the built-in dictionaries in Read&Write. In this post, we’re going to expand on the dictionaries with the Vocabulary List feature!
If you find that you are looking up a lot of words, or looking up the same words often, it might be useful to create yourself a Vocabulary list to study. The Vocabulary List feature creates a study-ready Word document with the words you choose, along with definitions and images. It’s one of the easiest ways to build strong vocabulary for your program!
Why Create a Vocabulary List?
Using the Vocabulary tool can help you:
- Improve comprehension while reading
- Learn academic or technical terms more deeply
- Build a personal word list for studying
- Prepare for quizzes, tests, and assignments
- Support language learning
This feature works especially well if you’re reading content with lots of specialized terminology.
How to Create a Vocabulary List
- Highlight the words you want included
Use Read&Write highlighters to mark terms as you read – make sure you consistently use the same colour!!! - Select the Vocabulary List button on the toolbar
- Read&Write will instantly create a new Word document that includes:
- The word
- A text definition
- A picture definition (if available)
- A blank column
Don’t forget you can have your Vocabulary List Document read aloud with Read&Write. What a great way to study!
What to do with the Blank Column?
- Reword the definition into your own words
- Relate the term to an example from your experience or a lecture
- Use the word in a sentence
- Add notes from class
More Information
For more information, check out the Vocabulary section of the Read&Write LEARN Tutorial!
“Homework”
Create a vocabulary list with 5 words. Have the document read aloud to you.
AI Usage Acknowledgement
This post was jointly written by Copilot and a human.