Online Resources for Word Choice

These links are useful when planning word choice lessons:

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!