This week we are on a mission to find five great superhero words that our students might find fun and interesting -- and might also lead to some interesting conversations about what words mean and where they come from. (See this link if you'd like more information: http://www.ncte.org/journals/cnp/excerpts/superheroes.)
Here are some superhero words that one literacy researcher collected from children during their word study work: psychic, mindreader, ripper, jaws, telepath, and carnage.
At least one word of your five needs to come from a resource beyond Google. This resource could include (but is not limited to) the following: talking to a child, talking to someone you know who loves superhero movies, watching a short clip on youtube, or reading a superhero comic.
In your post, make sure to include your five words and how you found them. Why might these be interesting words for students? Could you use them in an authentic literacy activity described in Chapter 1 (e.g., shared writing, interactive writing, personal writing, science inquiry)? Could you use them to build phonemic awareness and/or graphological awareness, as described in Chapters 3-4? Describe how this activity might go.
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