Vocabulary Chants Activity

I love this activity we learned with our ELL specialist this past week in PD.  He gave us several fantastic activities we could take to our class and use immediately (I'm sorry, but how often do we get not one, but FIVE great activities?!)  I will post on the others when I have a finished product to show. This particular one (I wish I had audio) is really easy, but I believe will be effective.  

First you have a great vocabulary word (such as a tier 2 word you've chosen from their text.)  Our presenter did not reveal the word to us, but it was egregious.  He divided the room in half visually so that all he had to do was point to half the room and they knew to repeat him.  He then pointed to row 1, gave them a signal, and they knew to repeat him, and so on around the room.

He says loudly, "What he did was awful."
Repeat: "What he did was awful!"
(Have two or three groups repeat the sentence.)

He says loudly, "What he did was evil."
Repeat: "What he did was evil!"
(Do that two or three times.)

He says loudly, "What he did was horrible,"
Repeat: "What he did was horrible!"
(Again, two or three times allowing each group and some individuals to repeat.)

He says loudly, "What he did was egregious."
(Repeat 3-4 times with different groups.)

He then asks the class, "What does egregious mean?"  The students (us) could immediately give him three synonyms for egregious.  Students could further connect the words using a sentence or come up with some antonyms.  It was a great, quick activity.  He suggested using it to "front-load" vocabulary.  I really loved this one!  More to come! Sorry no pictures- I was too "into" the activity to take pictures!