--- title: Words and expressions --- # Words and expressions ## Print pupil copy - [![Print concept map](https://teaching.lexplore.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Print%20concept%20map.png?width=1156&height=804&name=Print%20concept%20map.png) Print](https://teaching.lexplore.com/hubfs/Concept%20Map.pdf?hsLang=en) --- ## Learning subject-specific words and expressions   Non-fiction texts contain many subject-specific words and expressions, and pupils must have mastery of these words in order to write and talk about the subject. This is achieved by creating opportunities for pupils talk about, write about, research, and use the subject-specific vocabulary.   Just as you might create a word wall or vocabulary chart for a fiction book, you can create a similar chart for subject-specific words and concepts that are important for the factual knowledge pupils must acquire in, for example, the sciences and social sciences. Subject-specific words can be reinforced with pictures so that the meaning becomes even clearer to pupils.    - While reading a non-fiction text, pupils collect all the concepts belonging to a subject area, write explanations for them and show how the different concepts are related to each other. - Here, pupils can work together and take responsibility for different words. - Let the pupils fill in the templates for the different concepts. You can then have these available in the classroom for continued work on the words. Remember that you should do the exercise together in class to make sure that all pupils understand the words and can translate new words and concepts. If a pupil can explain in their own words, it is a sign that they understand.   The concept board can then be used to practise the concepts individually or in pairs or groups and can be used when pupils are writing informational texts. --- Back to Lesson plans and exercises