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Vivid Verbs in Writing
Eighth graders explore how to incorporate vivid verbs in their writing. They review action verbs in sentences and view a Power Point presentation discussing possible verbs and their meanings. They view a website and retell a Greek myth...
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Painting with Words
Fifth graders discuss words that are over used in their writing such as good, nice, happy, glad sad, etc. they complete a survey about word choice then hear a story and discuss descriptive phrases used in the story and how they help to...
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Homophones and Vivid Verbs
Students define and practice using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and homophones in complete sentences, paragraphs and essays. They include "vivid verbs" in their writing with the aid of a dictionary or thesaurus.
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Said Is Dead
Young scholars revise writing to improve organization and word choice. They check for logic, order of ideas and precision of vocabulary. Students list different verbs for the word "said." They write dialogue in which the speakers tell a...
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Holey Story
Sixth graders create a cloze activity based on an article of a current event. They switch worksheets and the next group chooses the words they feel are missing and justify their word choices.
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Word Pairs
Fifth graders practice the trait of word choice and create a narrative writing with appropriate word choices. They work in pairs to write a story using as many word pairs from their imaginations as they can.
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Enlightening Expressions
Learners come up with general and specific words to use in their writing. In this word choice lesson plan, students engage in a class discussion where they make list of general and specific words, then fill out a worksheet embedded in...
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Plurals 2
In this plurals activity, students view 15 nouns and write the plural forms of each one in the blank spaces provided. The activity is online and interactive.
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Some or Any
In this word choice worksheet, students read the sentences and complete them with the words "some" or "any" plus any of the words from the word bank. Students complete 12 exercises.
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Some and Any Exercise
For this word choice worksheet, students read the sentences and select the words some or any to complete the 10 online exercises.
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Which or What Exercise
In this word usage worksheet, students read the questions and select either which or what to complete the 10 online questions.
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Used To or To Be Used To Exercise
In this word usage instructional activity, students read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct form of used to or to be used to. Students complete 10 exercises.
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The Third Person S Exercise
In this third person instructional activity, learners read the sentences and complete them with the correct word from the brackets to complete the 15 sentences.
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Job and Work Exercise
In this word usage activity, students read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the words job or work. Students complete 16 exercises.
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"Know and Meet" Exercise
In this word usage activity, students read the sentences and use either know or meet to complete the sentences. Students complete 16 exercises.
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Look, See and Watch
In this word choice worksheet, students read the sentences and complete them with either look, see, or watch. Students complete 16 exercises.
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Either, Neither or Both Exercise
In this word choice worksheet, students read the statements and complete them with the words either, neither, or both. Students complete 10 online exercises.
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So and Such Exercise
In this online grammar worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the words so or such. Students complete 20 exercises.
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Alone, Lonely and Only Exercise
In this word choice worksheet, students read the sentences and select the best word from alone, lonely, and only to complete the 16 exercises.
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"Say and Tell" Exercise
In this word choice worksheet, learners read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the correct form of say or tell. Students complete 17 online exercises.
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Plurals
In this plurals activity, learners view 15 nouns and write the plural forms of each one in the blank spaces provided. The activity is online and interactive.
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All, Half, Most and None Exercises
In this word choice worksheet, students read the sentences and complete them with the words all, half, most, or none. Students complete 14 online examples.
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As Soon As, If and Unless Exercise
In this word choice activity, students read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the options of as soon as, if, or unless. Students complete 14 online exercises.
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Using Determiners 3
For this grammar skills worksheet, students read the word choices and identify which determiner is best. Students identify the determiners of a, an, the, some, and many.