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Collecting Words For Writing Activity

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Collecting words directions: students gather conversational, academic and domain-specific words to use in their writing
Teacher notes to read before starting the booklet
Collecting Wonderful Words! booklet cover with pencil and composition notebook art and a line for the student's name
Front page for each student's word booklet
Nouns: students collect and write words for people, places, things or ideas to build a noun bank for their writing
Ongoing noun list students add to while reading
Verbs: students record action words they find or think of, building a personal list of verbs to use in their writing
Go-to list for stronger action words in drafts
Adjectives: students collect words that describe nouns, building a bank of describing words to use when they write
Reference when revising to add descriptive detail
Adverbs: students list words that describe verbs, collecting a set of adverbs to pair with actions in their writing
Pair with the verbs page during revision
5 senses: students collect sensory words for what they see, hear, taste, smell and touch to use in descriptive writing
Word bank for descriptive or narrative pieces
Figurative language: students collect idioms, similes and metaphors in a list to try out in their own writing
Capture examples found during read-alouds
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Subject

ELA, Reading, Language Development, Vocabulary

Grades

Preschool, Grade 1, 2, 3

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Activities

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This activity helps students to use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts. It is a great way to get students to start thinking about the words they know and how they can use them in their writing.

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