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Enhancing Word Choice: Denotation, Connotation, and Creative Expression

This lesson focuses on the importance of word choice in writing, specifically the concepts of denotation and connotation. Students begin with warm-up activities to prepare their minds for the topic. They reflect on their favorite words, exploring personal connections to language. Through interactive games like Taboo, they learn to convey ideas without explicit vocabulary and practice expanding phrases to enrich their descriptions. Homework involves enhancing sentences for greater impact, reinforcing the lesson's key points on using precise and colorful language.

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Enhancing Word Choice: Denotation, Connotation, and Creative Expression

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  1. Warm up • Go silently to your assigned seat. • Copy today’s topic and homework into your planner. • In the Notes section of your binder, write your favorite word and explain why it is your favorite. • Be prepared to share with the class.

  2. Word Choice- definition • Word choice is at its best when it includes the use of rich colorful, precise language that moves and enlightens the reader. (Culham, 2003)

  3. Word Choice • Word choice encompasses the use of both the denotative and connotative definitions of a word. • The denotation of a word is the dictionary definition. • The connotation of a word is the feeling it conveys.

  4. Denotation vs. Connotation Home • Denotation: noun meaning the place where a person, family, or household lives. • Connotation: comfort, familiarity, rest, safety, security, peace, warmth

  5. Taboo • To further our understanding of word choice, we will play a few rounds of the game Taboo. • The object of the game is to make your team guess a word without using any of the taboo words. (A taboo is something that’s use or mentioning is forbidden due to social or cultural rules.)

  6. Taboo example • How do you get your classmates to guess the word: Apple? • You can’t say the taboo words: • Red • Fruit • Pie • Cider • Core

  7. Favorite Word • Which of the favorite words that we shared in the beginning of class can we represent visually? • Illustrate one of these words to emphasize its meaning.

  8. Expanding Phrases • Kendra was ten minutes late for breakfast. • OR • Kendra huffed to the breakfast table ten minutes late, flung herself into her chair, and snagged the Corn Flakes. • Notice the difference in these sentence pairs: • The wind was strong. • OR • The wind fumed and shrieked about the house yanking loose the shingles.

  9. Expanding Phrases • Work with a partner to try and enhance the meaning of the following sentences. Punch up the verb, put in some colorful adjectives, or a precise noun. • The dog was hungry. • The house was empty.

  10. Closure For homework, enhance the meaning of the following sentences by punching up the verbs and adding colorful adjectives and precise nouns. • My sister got mad. • The rain came down. • My shoes were tight.

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