It's All About Choice!
A Workshop on Six Traits Writing: Word Choice
What is word choice and why is it important?
What effect does word choice have on what we say and write?
How do these video clips represent common problems with word choice?
Word Choice - Friends - Adoption Letter.mov
Tim Tebow is excited to be a Jet
How do we help students who struggle with word choice when writing?
Why are mentor texts important when teaching word choice?
What skills should we teach during word choice mini-lessons?
How can we integrate these skills into other content areas?
Increasing Vocabulary Skills
Vocabulary Cartoons
List of books like this can be found here.
Vocabulary Games
Word of the Day Cards
ACTIVITY -- Guess My Word
Can you guess what food I am describing based on this word cloud?
Activity -- Guess the Idiom
More Idioms Illustrated by Children
This website has an extensive collection of idioms (including these three examples) that have been illustrated by children. They could easily be turned into a fun PowerPoint game!
Sample Lessons
ACTIVITY: How can we plan mini-lessons using mentor texts?
- Memorable Adjectives
- Powerful and Memorable Verbs
- Sensory Words and Imagery
- Precise Nouns and Pronouns
- Playing with Language
- Figurative Language
Additional Word Choice Resources
VisuWords
Check out this visual dictionary and thesaurus here
Flocabulary
Check out this rap about word choice!
Teachers Pay Teachers
A collection of FREE materials from Teachers Pay Teachers downloaded and ready for you to use!