Inspired by the "Dead Word" post on this blog HERE, we buried over nineteen words in our Dead Word Cemetery.
To figure out which words we wanted to "bury," we had a whole-class discussion about what type of words we tend to overuse in our writing. Then someone mentioned how a thesaurus could help us find better words to replace the "dead" words, so our writing could be more detailed and specific.
After we created tombstones to honor the words we planned on using less frequently, we shared our tombstones with the class and found a place for them on our classroom door.
CLICK HERE to see our Dead Word Cemetery from 2012-13.
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| The entire cemetery (including background and tombstones) were created, hung, and maintained by students in our class. |
1 comment:
I had a good time making a Gave stone,but that was 4 years ago. I miss those good-old times. -SummerD(9th Grade)2017
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