#OxbowWritingProject Day 3 - Word Choice and Connotation - guiding Q: How does connotation change meaning and impact a reader's understanding? 1/7
Really excellent reminder from a teacher of emergent multilinguals about equity in language: Be aware of academic fatigue. Authors make assumptions about who is reading their text, and some word choices make reading even more [unnecessarily] challenging for students. 2/7
Exercise to try: Have students write 1-3 sentences in response to a prompt. Brainstorm synonyms for 1+ key word(s). Replace original words with new words. Reflect on how this does/not change the meaning and which sentence they like better and why. 3/7
Disrupting Formulaic Writing, guided by a quote from Picasso: "Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist." 4/7
Exercise to try that encourages ownership of writing through rearranging and revising: Write a paragraph following a formula (we used PEES - intentionally funny - Point, Explanation, Evidence, Significance). 5/7
Exercise cont., Then, rearrange the sentences WITHOUT changing any words (this was the really hard part). Finally, make note of which iteration you prefer and why, also noting revisions you would still need to make to aid in comprehension of the paragraph. 6/7
We wrote our paragraphs about a music video, so text selection is wide open! 7/7
@threadreaderapp unroll please
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
