6Traits Digest #110 - Monday, November 29, 1999
Re: 6Traits Digest #109 - 11/28/99
by "weissman"
Re: word choice experiences
by "Susan Nixon" <susan@desertskyone.com>
Really Great Book
by "Donald Mattoon"
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Subject: Re: 6Traits Digest #109 - 11/28/99
From: "weissman"
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 05:57:43 -0500
I've been working on word choice in my workshop-style classroom. I'm =
beginning
to see some results! I tie my writing in with my reading workshop. For =
several
weeks I've been asking my students to find various types of words as part =
of
their reading journal vocab work. We started with finding words the =
author used
instead of said, moved to looking for exciting description words, and have =
also
looked for vivid verbs. In our group novel study, I've picked vocab words =
that
are used in unusual ways, or in particularly vivid ways. I'm beginning to =
see
this work reflected in my students writing. One student wrote "I was
preoccupied with my work and didn't hear mom." I commented on her use of
preoccupied and she said, "It sounded better than busy."
Deb
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Subject: Re: word choice experiences
From: "Susan Nixon" <susan@desertskyone.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:37:22 -0700
At 05:57 AM 11/29/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I've been working on word choice in my workshop-style classroom. I'm
beginning to see some results!
Thanks for posting your story! It's so great when we begin to see =
results!
It seems as though I should be blue in the face from all the talking I've
done about word choice in the last month! Today one of my students said,
"Mrs. Nixon, the story said the dog bounded up the stairs. That's much
better than saying it walked." Yes, yes, yes!!!! =3D) Someone is =
hearing me!
Susan Nixon
2nd grade
Phoenix, AZ
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Subject: Really Great Book
From: "Donald Mattoon"
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:53:50 -0800
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Has anyone else heard of the book...Donavan's Word Jar ? I can't =3D
remember the author, but it's about a little boy who collects words that =
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he sees around him and puts them into a big glass jar. Naturally the =3D
jar becomes full and he can't decide what to do with the words...I won't =
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tell the ending...you really need to check it out! I read it to my 1 -2 =
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combo class and had kids coming back to my room the next year asking if =
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they could borrow the book so their teacher could read it to the kids =3D
who hadn't heard about it yet! It's definitely worth trying to locate =3D
it for your classroom.
Susan/WA/1st
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about a little boy who collects words that he sees around him and puts =3D
them into=3D20
a big glass jar. Naturally the jar becomes full and he can't =3D
decide what=3D20
to do with the words...I won't tell the ending...you really need to =3D
check it=3D20
out! I read it to my 1 -2 combo class and had kids coming back to =
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the next year asking if they could borrow the book so their teacher =3D
could read=3D20
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worth trying=3D20
to locate it for your classroom.
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Susan/WA/1st
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