Word Choice - Writing Lab BUNDLE

Save $10 with this HUGE BUNDLE review unit provides a full trimester of revision and language curriculum with 196 PowerPoint slides and over 120 printable pages. It includes seven of my Revision Module products as well as a load of additional review materials.

Writing Lab Modules are designed as a way to teach specific writing and revision strategies that can be put to use immediately in students’ writing. Many of these concepts don’t have right or wrong answers, but there are some revision rules-of-thumb that the students can benefit from. While these units cover Common Core concepts, the focus is more practical—it’s not about covering bases, checking boxes, or cramming for state tests; it’s about helping students improve their writing.

The Writing Lab curriculum can be used in a traditional classroom setting, but it is also well-suited for a FLIPPED CLASSROOM or a 1 TO 1 TECHNOLOGY SETTING in which students could watch the instructional video outside of class and then come prepared to ask questions about the bellwork practice pieces.

INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE:

SEVEN Revision Modules:

Reducing Be Verbs

Eliminating Lame Words

Avoiding Word Repetition

Vague Pronouns

Inflated Vocabulary

Weakening Statements

Using Word Connotations

AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL MATERIALS:

* 2 versions of a classroom poster to remind students of word-choice skills taught in the unit

* A group reading/discussion/analysis activity with full text of seven historical speeches

* An example annotation activity along with an annotated examples handout

* An e-reading activity in which students read online articles and then analyze and discuss the word choices of professional writers

* A revision practice activity

* A writing practice activity with example prompts and links to YouTube videos for topic background

* A word choice grading rubric

* 9 days of new bellwork review activities

* 2 versions of a unit test – a multiple choice version and a free response version

* Font files for the PowerPoint and for customizing printed materials

For those of you familiar with my TEN-MINUTE GRAMMAR Units, this Writing Lab series is intended as a next level and continuation. New units will be released on a regular basis over the next year until the full curriculum is finished.

CHECK OUT THE OTHER UNITS IN THE WRITING LAB CURRICULUM:

Responding to Writing Prompts

Writing Thesis Statements

Improving Thesis Statements ONE

Improving Thesis Statements TWO

Effective Introductions: Creating Context

Effective Introductions: Attention Grabbers

Body Paragraph Structure

Transitions and Connections

Irrelevant and Redundant Ideas

Conclusion Paragraphs

And finally, the older version of this product, "Ten-Minute Revision", has a WORD CHOICE unit that is very similar to this unit. But this one also comes bundled with the seven revision modules whereas the TMR version only contains the review materials from this product. If you want something quick, the TMR unit might serve your purposes better. But if you want something more thorough that your students will spend a lot more time on (9 weeks instead of 2), then this unit is probably your best choice.

Enjoy!

Created by Arik Durfee