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Education.com: W.4.2.d Worksheets: Use Precise Language and Vocabulary
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 4 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.4.2.D: Use precise language and domain specific vocabulary to inform about or...
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Education.com: L.4.3.a Worksheets: Choose Words and Phrases to Convey Ideas
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 16 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard L.4.3.A: Choose Words and Phrases to Convey Ideas.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Diction and Tone
This lesson deals primarily with diction and tone and how to recognize them in your reading. Tone is largely determined by diction or the word choices a writer makes. The process of choosing the right word involves denotation and...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Diction and Tone (English I Reading)
In this lesson, you'll see how a writer's tone, diction, denotation, and connotation work together to create meaning for you as a reader.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Analysis: Word Wake Up
A lesson plan in which young scholars match a strong word choice with its overused counterpart. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: Pun Fun [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students choose three selections of interesting word play in a text and then work with a partner to discuss their choices. Materials are included.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Case Against "Good" and "Bad"
Don't take the easy route! Instead, use this little trick to improve your writing -- let go of the words "good" and "bad," and push yourself to illustrate, elucidate, and illuminate your world with language. Free registration is required...
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Diction
This is a glossary entry for the term "Diction" including a definition, an example, and a link to more examples.
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Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Revision of Word Choice [Pdf]
Helping students revise their rough drafts can be a difficult process. Make it a little easier with this 3-step lesson regarding revision of word choice.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Word Choice Exercises
Students engaging in these 14 word choice exercises will improve their word usage skills. Topics include spelling mistakes, sound alike words and word confusion. Select the correct word usage for each sentence.
Other
Ccss Literacy E Handbook: Informational Text: Understand Precise Vocabulary
A short explanation of the importance of using precise word choice in writing and using context clues to help you understand the meaning of precise words when reading. Click on Model to for an example with explanation and then click on...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Emphasis: Strong Language: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces adding emphasis through the use of strong language.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Word Choice: Lesson 2
A slideshow introducing the topic of word choice and discussing its importance.
Other
Prezi: Tone, Diction, and Analysis of Word Choice
Slideshow explores the connection between word choice and the author's tone.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Six Traits Word Choice
[Free Registration/Login Required] Comprehensive flipchart using a number of Activstudio tools to allow students to discover and illustrate words in their writings. Students can paint pictures with their word choice and descriptive words...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Be More Descriptive
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students find synonyms for tired, dull words in order to make their writing more interesting.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Grammar: Powerful Verbs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Identify the use of powerful verbs, such as hobbled instead of went, through the cloze procedure.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Diction
This lesson introduces diction. This tutorial shares a short audio lesson [5:11] and supplemental notes with the lesson's content.
Education Development Center
Tv411: Vocabulary: Finding New Ways to Say Something: Activity 1 of 3
Practice your vocabulary skills by choosing the stronger synonym from a word bank to complete each sentence.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing With Pizzazz Word Choice
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews ways that students can create more meaningful writing by choosing words carefully. Links to online thesaurus and opportunities to evaluate and create sentences are included.