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Grade 12, Language Arts Std # 2–1: Use words that create clarity, precision, and vivid description Action verbs, not linking verbs Specific terms, not general or vague Clear, precise, vivid language NOTE: Language to avoid includes, but is not limited to, overused, clichéd words, superfluous verbiage, redundancy, and jargon.

Lesson Plans: Ain't This Write? This humorous activity is a way to show your students what can happen when people do not write correct, standard English. It is built around a few pieces of "urban folklore" collected by Alan Dundes and Carl R. Pagter, and published in their book Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded. Site includes samples of student work and links to resource sites. Unit Plan For Word Choice A sample lesson plan unit for teaching word choice. Fractured Fairy Tales Read traditional and fractured fairy tales and have students write their own.

Resources: Create a Scene With Words Word Choice Activity Sensory Detail Sensory detail activity Word Choice Word Choices for writing a resume The Wide World of Verbs Website with action, helping and state of being verbs Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B) Using lists provided by the teacher, students highlight action and linking verbs in a newspaper article or other written materials. The verbs may be color-coded according to function. (I, T) Students draw a picture according to a description written and read by a partner. Then, using only the picture, students write the description again. Students may also draw according to a description from a text prepared by the teacher.
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