As part of our study of vocabulary, we challenged ourselves to brainstorm better ways of saying commonly used words. In our writing we have frequently relied on words like happy, pretty, good, smart, and mad to describe characters and objects. While there is nothing wrong with these words, they lack a certain pizzazz. With the help of a partner and a thesaurus, students brainstormed synonyms for these lackluster words. Just as we took ordinary words and made them more exciting, we took an ordinary activity and made it extraordinary. Instead of simply listing synonyms, we created "synonym rolls" and to help us understand these rolls, we feasted on cinnamon roll cereal! They were good...no wait...they were scrumptious!!!
We can now use our "Synonym Rolls" board to incorporate new, more challenging vocabulary into our writing and as we encounter these words in our reading, we will already know the meanings!
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