Vocabulary Development and Writing: Similarities and Differences: Depth and Breadth of Meaning
This lesson plan provides students an opportunity to explore connotation vs. denotation through related words (i.e. rural vs. backwoods vs. country vs. redneck) and to apply connotation by using words correctly in a sentence. This lesson includes group work and provides five lists of words. This resource can be used to help students understand the complexity of language and how word choice affects a passage and tone of a passage. The lesson plan suggests three hours for teaching, but this lesson can be easily modified to be a minilesson, taught in a 45 minute cycle or class.
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