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Task #7: Good Word Choices
Standards: Students will write using good word choices.
Task: Independent Activity - Good Word Choices
- Review the difference between a good word choice and a bad one (good
word choices help paint a picture in someone’s mind).
- Pass out the worksheet “Search and Replace.” For this worksheet
the students will be reading a paragraph, crossing out bad word choices
or “Garbage Can Words” and replacing them with good word choices.
- These worksheets will be graded with the Word Choice Rubric.
Criteria:
1. Good Word Choices - bad word choices should be correctly identified
-the good word choices should create a picture in your mind and should
seem accurate in word meaning and natural in the paragraph
Rubric:
Word Choice Rubric
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Amount of...
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0 points
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1 point
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2 points
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Bad Word Choices Correctly Identified
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none or few
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some
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most or all
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Good Word Choices Specific Enough to Paint a Picture
in Someone’s Mind
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none or few
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some
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most or all
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Good Word Choices Accurate in Word Meaning
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none or few
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some
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most or all
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Good Word Choices Natural in Paragraph
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none or few
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some
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most or all
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