96. Descriptive Writing: Excellent Word Choice Strategies

The Literacy Dive Podcast: Reading and Writing Strategies for Upper Elementary Teachers and Parents

Do you have students who are constantly using bland and boring words in their writing? I know I sure do! I’m continuing our series on descriptive writing, but if you haven’t listened to the first two episodes in the series, Episode 94 and Episode 95, be sure to do that now. In today’s episode, I’m focusing on providing excellent word choice strategies to use with your students.

When I noticed my students not being descriptive with their writing, I realized the words they were using were in their comfort zone. However, as I started implementing ways to get them out of their comfort zone, to think more creatively about the words they were choosing and using, their language became more colorful and descriptive.

I came up with 7 word choice strategies to use with my students, which you can start using immediately in your classroom! As always, make sure you model and practice each strategy with your students so they know what’s expected of them and how to use each strategy properly.

Resources:

• Monthly Writing Prompts
• Thesaurus Word Choice Charts and Posters
• Descriptive Writing Anchor Charts Bundle

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