Using riddles to develop student's vocabulary skills
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The riddle is a misleading or puzzling question that people pose as a problem to be solved. In past cultures the riddle was often used as a guessing game from folklore.
Folklore incorporated riddles to boost creative thinking and logic. In addition riddles that are well written help with vocabulary development and understanding. Students become more aware of how to solve riddles by reading the clues that are written describing people, animals, places, or objects.
Methods / Teaching Strategies
· Modeled Practice
· Questioning
· Individual Task
Assessment of Learning
· Riddles Worksheet (provided)
· Demonstrated an understanding of writing clues to describe people, animals, places, or objects by writing a riddle
