Word+Study+Guide

Word Study Guide
The Word Study Guide can help students broaden their understanding of the meaning of introduced words.This guide gives students a chance to use each introduced word in different ways, thus increasing the opportunity for retention.

I would use a graphic organizer for this method, perhaps starting with the word "reputation" from //The Outsiders//.

Here is another example, produced by Doug Buehl, a former teacher in the Madison Metropolitan School District in Madison, Wisconsin: