Using Specific Vocabulary and Collaboration

Develop concepts on how to change your improving wordsmiths' writing from blah to wow with the activities and ideas in this resource. The instructor provides the class with examples of writing that lacks detail and precision, and then models how to fix the issue. They practice the instructional activity in collaborative groups, and produce descriptive, original sentences and dialogue that they display on a poster for their classmates to discuss. The activity is modifiable for expository writing and includes strategies for differentiation.