There are endless amounts of graphic organizers that can be used to help build vocabulary skills, the Frayer model being one of my favourites. I can use this model for all subject areas and once students have watched one demonstration, they use it with ease!
The Frayer model supports literacy growth in my students by being a visual reference. It promotes critical thinking, as students have to build connections and apply their prior knowledge to compare and contrast characteristics. Students not only have to come up with a definition, but also construct examples and non-examples, which will lead to a deeper understanding of the word.
The word being studied goes in the middle, so it connects with all the outer boxes. For the definition, students can use dictionaries, context clues from the text surrounding the word or it could be a class made definition. Facts/Characteristics can either be a list of descriptions, or a picture that helps students visualize the word. Examples are quite often taken right from the text itself and then I have students create their own example. Non-examples are pretty self-explanatory, quite often we give the opposite word and put an x over it. This could also be where we write any misconceptions about the word, as a reminder of what is not correct.
Taken from: https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/wD08WDMi-_BcHQ/the-frayer-method