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Delicious, Tasty, Yummy: Enriching Writing with Adjectives and Synonyms
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| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Six 30- to 60-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Andover, Massachusetts |
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OVERVIEW
Students' vocabulary is expanded and their writing is enriched when they are encouraged to use a variety of adjectives to help readers "see, taste, and feel" what they've written. In this lesson for grades 3 and 4, picture books are used as a springboard for helping students define, identify, and practice using adjectives and synonyms. They develop webbed lists and then put their new vocabulary skills to use by writing form poems.
FEATURED RESOURCES
- ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool: Use this tool to help students generate lists of adjectives and synonyms.
- Form Poem Handout: This handout walks students through the writing of their poems.
FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Laframboise, K.L. (2000). Said Webs: Remedy for tired words. The Reading Teacher, 53(7), 540–542.
- Vocabulary acquisition can be categorized along a continuum: unknown (complete unfamiliarity), acquainted (familiar but not used in writing or speaking), and established (ownership-can use in speaking and writing). Children move along this continuum through exposure, reflection, and practice.
- Vocabulary instruction needs to help students explore what words mean in the context of other words using synonyms, antonyms, linkages, and connotations, in addition to simply defining words.
- Vocabulary webs are preferable to lists because they help students learn words in meaningful groups or clusters.
Henkelman, T. (1997). Form poems for tired words. The Reading Teacher, 50(5), 445–446.
