Explore words, definitions, their connotations and associations with brand names. Middle and high schoolers identify words used in commercials and determine their effect upon the consumer population. They explore how meanings are...

Young scholars use words with similar meanings to analyze implied meanings. In this word connotation lesson plan, the teacher introduces the activity by asking students whether a new product should be advertised as "newfangled" or...

Have you ever studied historical words and found that they were deeply rooted in racism or prejudice? Select a long list of these words to have your class examine. What familiar roots do they have? Do they know when this word originally...

In this vocabulary worksheet, students examine 10 words and explore connotation as they denote the words that are bossy by coloring them.

Young scholars act out ways that the student in the sentence might enter the room, revising the sample sentence to increase the specificity of the word and explore connotation. Students select words with powerful connotations for their...