To follow my previous post, here is another exercise I use with my students regarding adjectives. First, I put a list of words on the board all synonymous with “angry:” mad, upset, incensed, perturbed, enraged, disgusted, indignant, annoyed, peeved, infuriated, provoked, and irate. If I have the time I sometimes give each small group ...

One of the first sets of literary devices I teach at any level is connotation and denotation. These are two of the most basic diction analysis techniques for students to learn since they are wide-reaching and allow students to discover tone, mood, inferences, and more. Denotation (the primary definition of a word) and connotation (the [...]

Sit on It - Sight Word Vocabulary In order to increase the student's sight word vocabulary, s/he co-reads sight words with the teacher. The student then plays a version of musical chairs to practice recognizing the sight words. This is a remedial reading lesson for beginning reader |6513D844-|-1 |BE58E821-|-Reading ...