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Effective Writing Workshop for Students: Noun Usage and Connotation

Targeted workshop teaching students to distinguish between general and specific nouns in writing, as well as understand connotation and avoid overused words. Focus lesson includes Concrete Nouns, Connotation, and Overused Words. Correcting sentence structure will also be covered.

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Effective Writing Workshop for Students: Noun Usage and Connotation

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  1. Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School October 3, 2014 Using words well

  2. Preliminaries • Identify the problem (if any) with the following sentences and re-write correctly as needed: • I went to the store and bought eggs milk juice I bought cookies. • While walking home from school, I stopped at the store.

  3. Objectives: • The students will be able to distinguish between general nouns and specific nouns as well as use them in writing. • The students will be able to define connotation and overused words.

  4. Focus Lesson: Writing… • Concrete Nouns: Composition Workshop (p. 1) • Connotation: Composition Workshop (p. 3) • Overused Words: Composition Workshop (p. 6)

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