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\nPearl Harbor Classroom Activities\n

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\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech is the focus of a seven-lesson series that has young historians researching information about the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Using both an audio version of...\n
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\nStar Wars and Shakespeare Unit\n

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\nLuke Skywalker meets Hamlet in a 10-lesson plan unit based on Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope (WSSW). Using Star Wars® as source material, Doescher has transformed Lucas's film into a Shakespearian...\n
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\nUsing Textual Clues to Understand A Christmas Carol\n

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\n Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol offers students a chance to practice their close reading skills. Using the provided worksheets, readers examine context clues to determine the meanings of words, direct and indirect characterization...\n
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\nDiction, Choosing the Right Words\n

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\nAre your students having trouble choosing the right words to communicate their point? Learners view a presentation that explore active and passive voice, redundancy, and diction through examples and definitions.\n
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\nReview of Diction\n

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\nIn this online interactive diction activity, students choose which multiple choice answer best answers 11 questions concerning diction in grammar sentences.\n
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\nDiction: Formal and Informal Language\n

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\nCoke or Pepsi? Is it the taste or the advertising that determines preference? As part of a study of diction, class members examine two passages, one formal and one informal, about Coca-Cola and Pepsi. In addition, they consider word...\n
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\nWords Matter: Diction and Orwell's \"Shooting an Elephant\"\n

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\nWatch your tone! Scholars analyze how diction in George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant contributes to the tone of the text. Readers watch a video, participate in a word splash, and work through a PowerPoint instructional activity to...\n
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\nRules of Thumb for Diction\n

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\nWhat is the difference between accept and except? Affect and effect? Brilliantly advise your class with the advice in these slides. Definitions of commonly misused words from A-Z help clarify meaning and usage.\n
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\nDiction and Tone (English II Reading)\n

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\nWords carry baggage. In addition to their literal, denotative meaning, words also carry the weight of the associations and connotations attached to the word—the connotations of words writers use to create the tone of a piece. An...\n
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\nBack to School: Style Analysis\n

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\nJump back into expository writing and analysis at the start of a new school year! Start with a review of an authors' stylistic choices in diction, syntax, treatment of subject matter, and figurative language. Writers choose a text to...\n
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\nClose Reading of Prose: Practice 2 (English II Reading)\n

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\nThe tone is easy to hear but more challenging to detect in written texts. Users of this interactive learn how to closely observe the diction and words writers use to convey their feelings about their subject. They examine passages that...\n
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\nConnotation and Denotation: How Word Choice Affects a Paragraph\n

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\nReview the terms denotation, connotation, diction, and mood in paragraph writing. After defining the terms, middle schoolers practice writing examples of both connotation and denotation. They complete a connotation and denotation...\n
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\nA News Story of Your Own: Sentence and Lexical Variety\n

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\nGiven the two-sentence skeleton of a news story about a car theft/joy ride, budding writers create their own version of the story varying diction and sentence structure to heighten interest and complexity in their writing. Resource...\n
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\nStrong Descriptive Writing: James and the Giant Peach\n

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\nSupport your writers! Clear procedures and appropriate support make this a superb resource for elementary writing instruction. Ready your class to compose original descriptive paragraphs inspired by the episode in Roald Dahl's James and...\n
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\nFaulty Diction Worksheet 2\n

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\nIn this grammar worksheet, students rewrite twenty sentences making each one grammatically correct. Students rewrite all double negatives.\n
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\nFaulty Diction Worksheet 1\n

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\nIn this grammar worksheet, students rewrite twenty sentences with double negatives so each one is grammatically correct. Students share their rewrites with their classmates.\n
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\nClassroom Activities for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain\n

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\nA 16-page packet includes three activities for a unit study of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Before beginning the novel, class members identify the factors in their lives that helped create their frame of reference,...\n
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\nGrapes of Wrath\n

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\nTo demonstrate their ability to comprehend complex text, individuals analyze the details, syntax, and diction John Steinbeck uses in a passage from The Grapes of Wrath to reveal the develop and evolution of Mae's character.\n
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\nClassroom Activities for Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson\n

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\nReaders take part in three activities after reading Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. To understand the importance of diction, class members analyze Stevenson's characters' language to denote their social status. After...\n
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\nTwo Sides, Same Coin: How Political Beliefs Influence Language Use\n

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\nLearners read several magazine articles on the same topic written from different political perspectives, paying particular attention to the diction, syntax, and arguments presented in support the point of view expressed. They then select...\n
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\nEditing Emily's Way: An Exercise in Diction and Its Implications\n

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\nStudents examine the poetry of Emily Dickinson and the diction in her poetry. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read Dickinson poetry and analyze the diction in the poems. Students journal about the poetry and rewrite their own...\n
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\nClose Reading: Analyzing Mood and Tone\n

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\nThe AP Literature and Composition exam is all about close reading. Test takers are presented with a passage and asked to analyze how an author uses literary devices to create a desired effect. Prepare your students for the exam with a...\n
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\nHow Tragic!\n

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\nTenth graders read and study, in-depth, a specific classical tragedy, in this case, Oedipus. They explore strategies from making meaning out of or interpreting texts, as well as strategies for determining how authors create meaning in...\n
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\nConnotation: Three Lessons for Effective Word Choice\n

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\nOver the course of three days, middle schoolers explore the concept of connotation. They differentiate between the connotative and denotative meanings of sports team names, develop their own team names, logos, and text, and revise a news...\n
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