Warm words and sour words: 6th to 8th reading & writing
Connotation, figures of speech and precise academic words. A free 6th to 8th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: connotation, figures of speech and precise academic words.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: what do you already know about warm words and sour words?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: warm words and sour words.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Play: Warm word choices (https://peabody.kids/words/c6-connotation-pos)
- Play: Figures of speech (https://peabody.kids/words/c6-figurative-1)
- Play: Sharp words (https://peabody.kids/words/c6-sharp-1)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about warm words and sour words, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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