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Standard 4: Vocabulary Students will expand and apply their spoken and reading vocabularies to speak, read, and write effectively.
4.4.W.2 Students will use precise and vivid vocabulary in writing for the intended mode and effect on the audience.   
Student Actions
Teacher Actions
  • Students intentionally choose words to create a specific effect in writing.

  • Students use resources such as synonym charts and thesauruses to determine precise and vivid vocabulary.   For example, instead of “said”, students can choose from words like, “responded, exclaimed, mumbled, argued, etc…”

  • Students consider the vocabulary used in their writing in relationship to the mode and effect on the audience. 

  • Teachers explain that word choice is used to create specific effects on the reader.

  • Teachers model how to select precise and vivid vocabulary that will create a desired effect.

  • Teachers provide writing tasks that challenge students to create a variety of effects on the readers.

  • Teachers provide opportunities for students to practice selecting appropriate words for a variety of purposes.

  • Teachers monitor and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback regarding how their vocabulary usage affects the reader.

Recommendations
Key Terms & Related Objectives

When students struggle to use precise and vivid vocabulary, teachers can...

  • provide resources for students to use such as anchor charts and  thesauruses.

  • model how to utilize resources.

  • model how to choose precise and vivid vocabulary for the intended mode and audience.


When students struggle to understand the effect vocabulary has on an audience ...

  • provide mentor texts for the intended mode and discuss the precise vocabulary used by the author and the effect on the reader.

  • provide feedback on how the student draft effected them and have students determine if their draft had the intended impact on the reader.

 

  • Tone: a writer or speaker’s attitude toward a subject, character, or audience conveyed through the choice of words and detail.

  • Writing Modes: the major types of writing—narrative, informative, opinion, and argumentative.

 

 

 

 

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