Saturday, March 1, 2014

Online Resources for Word Choice

These links are useful when planning word choice lessons:


http://visuwords.com/

VisuWords -- a visual thesaurus that shows synonyms and antonyms in a graphic way




ABCya! Word Cloud Generator  -- excellent for primary grade students




Wordle  -- another word cloud generator



Pinterest -- What did we do before this existed???





Anchor Charts and Classroom Displays

Descriptions of various emotions
and feelings along with phrases
the writer can use to describe
how the character is feeling...

Paint strips from Lowe's or Home Depot
used to make a synonym collection...

 Vivid Verbs collected from 
the book Over and Under the Snow
by Kate Messina

 "Penny Words" VS...

"Dollar Words"

Crafting Power Sentences
Anchor Chart

Example of a 
Synonym Roll Display


Read Aloud



Little Red Writing
by Joan Holub 

Live Binder

Click the this link or the picture below to go to my LiveBinder for this workshop:


March 5 Inservice

Introduction

Why is word choice important? 



What effect does repetition have on the reader's ability to understand the writer's feelings about a subject?



Welcome

Welcome to our workshop on 
Six Traits Writing: Word Choice 
and 
Leveled Literacy Intervention!

Please make sure to sign in 
on BOTH sign-in sheets!

Thanks!