Target Board for Boosting Vocabulary + Lesson Plan!

This is a dartboard to help students choose the best words for their writing.

This is lesson 3 of my Adaptabubble Unit – three weeks of lessons that can be adapted to any text or theme. The included lesson plan contains suggestions for starters, a child-friendly explanation of the lesson, differentiation and plenary. The full unit will probably be available from Easter 2021.

Ideally suited to the planning phase of a writing project, this activity allows you to help your students explore and evaluate a range of words. It can be completed independently but could be printed on A3 to encourage collaborative discussions among pairs or groups.

One version is richly coloured so that the words could be cut and stuck. The second is an ink-saver and is suitable for both writing and sticking. (Update: I’ve also added a one page version which is much easier for sending out for home learning).

You can choose the words (or contact me for some recommendations) and the resource contains a page of 6 blank tables for 20 words.

Please note that the Preview and Cover images show an example of how the activity could be adapted for a text such as Varjak Paw by SF Said. The resources that you download are blank and ready for you to adapt in your own way.

I aim in the future to make this resource editable online. Feel free to email adaptabubble@gmail.com