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Engage in a mini-lesson on synonyms to improve word choice in your personal narratives. Practice replacing mundane adjectives with vibrant synonyms. Evaluate your progress, continue drafting your narrative, and update your reading log for DEAR time. Language and content objectives focus on understanding synonyms and enhancing writing through word choice.
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DO NOW • You have 2 minutes to write down 10 adjectives that describe your story!!
Agenda • Do Now • Mini-Lesson: Synonyms (word choice) find a JUICIER words • Self-Evaluation (can happen today OR next class) • Drafting • Exit Card • DEAR
Objectives • Content Objective: • We will be able to understand what synonyms are and how we can use synonyms to find juicier words for our personal narratives. • Language Objective: • We will be able to use synonyms from the hand-out to enhance the word choice in our writing.
Mini-Lesson on SYNONYMs • Check out the handout with adjectives and juicy words • Compare it to the ten words you found to describe your story • Try to replace those ten words you have with a JUICIER word
Self-Evaluation • Using this self-evaluation, I want you to give yourself a score of: • Check PLUS • Check • Check MINUS • The questions on this checklist DIRECTLY relate to the RUBRIC. Be honest, because MS. B will be grading you after, as well.
Drafting • Today you will continue to DRAFT. When you think you are finished, do your self-evaluation and conference with Ms. B or Ms. Rooks
DEAR • Make sure your reading log is UP-TO-DATE before you begin reading today.