Sophia Learning
Sophia: Appropriate Language
A series of three PowerPoints and two videos defining pretentious language, jargon, and cliche and explaining how writers can avoid using them. W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Inventing a New Word
Inspired by the main character's actions in Frindle by Andrew Clements, students will be asked to reinvent an everyday object with a brand new word. They will need to imagine a character has reinvented their word, and then they will...
Other
Teengagement: Targeted Intervention: Word Choice Shapes Meaning and Tone
In this lesson, students interpret how words are used in a literary text and examine how word choice affects meaning and tone. A sample analysis of a poem is presented, terms are defined, and question stems for assessment purposes are...
Get It Write
Get It Write: Using the Verb "Include" to Preface a List
Use this tutorial to learn when to use "include" and when to use a form of the verb "to be" when writing a list. A brief quiz checks your understanding.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: L.3.2a: Choose Words and Phrases for Effect
Links to 4 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.3.3a: Choose words and phrases for effect.
Education.com
Education.com: L.3.3.a Worksheets: Choose Words and Phrases for Effect
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 21 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard L.3.3.A: Choose words and phrases for effect.
Education.com
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...
Education.com
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.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Analysis: Word Wake Up
A lesson plan in which students match a strong word choice with its overused counterpart. Materials are included.
![Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: Pun Fun [Pdf] Lesson Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/509077-a0f76bc4bfcc5e9291543bc9aed6f6e9.jpg?1661787007 "Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: Pun Fun [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
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...
Other
Summary Central: Lord of the Flies by W. Golding
This notes-style page surveys Golding's novel from its plot to its characters, style, diction, and other features.
![Prism: "The Wife of Bath's Prologue [Excerpt]" Visualization Activity](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/177128-01c8c981ebc00a5db97e6ea78230ac52.jpg?1661558148 "Prism: \"The Wife of Bath's Prologue [Excerpt]\" Visualization Activity")
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "The Wife of Bath's Prologue [Excerpt]" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Prologue." Diction is blue while tone is red and imagery is green. Click on any word to see the...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Teaching Tone
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach tone using passages from Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, and Edgar Allen Poe. We annotate passages focusing on diction and syntax to illustrate how the language contributes to the overall tone of the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Elements of Poetry [Pdf]
This is a 2-page PDF of a chart that lists eight elements of poetry, questions to ask concerning each element, and tips and explanations to aid the understanding of each element. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
University of Pennsylvania
U Penn: Poetic Terms and Types
Click on these terms for an excellent definition of these poetic terms, some from the Oxford English Dictionary. Includes types of poetry as well as terms.
PBS
Pbs: Multiple Methods of Reading Instruction
This article surveys three strategies to incorporate into classroom repertoire. They include guided reading, choral reading, and readers' theater.
Other
Shoreline Community College: Formal Properties of Literature
As students become more aware of text complexity, an understanding of the formal properties of literature becomes more important. This is an excellent examination of the kinds of choices writers make that change the way readers receive...
Grammar Check
Grammar Check: 5 Bad Writing Habits You Can Break Today (Infographic)
This infographic includes a list of easy-to-fix writing habits. Methods for fixing these five writing habits are included.
Other
Blinn College: Bryan Writing Center: Poetry Explication [Pdf]
Provides guidelines for analyzing poetry. Students must make certain they have a basic understanding of a poem, then analyze the language used. A set of 26 questions is offered that students can reference to help them analyze a poem....
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.
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.
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