Precise and Subject Words to Explain and Argue (Grade 8)
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Precise and Subject Words to Explain and Argue (Grade 8)
Precise language for Grade 8: choose and use subject words such as eroded, enzymes, and condensation to explain a topic accurately, choose precise words and reasons to argue a claim, use an academic word correctly, and rewrite vague sentences in an explanation and an argument. With an answer key.
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Precise and Topic WordsA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Pages
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Choose the word that says exactly what you mean, such as a precise verb (tiptoe, not walk) or a precise word for a feeling (relieved, not happy), and tell formal language for school and letters from informal language for friends. In Grades 6 to 8, tell a formal style from an informal one and keep a formal style to the end of a piece.
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How to use this sheet
- Have the child use each word in a sentence, and see if a synonym fits the same sentence.
- Put the words on a line from weakest to strongest, such as warm, hot and boiling.
- For connotation, ask how each word would make a reader feel about the person or thing.
Common mistakes
- Mixing up synonyms and antonyms. Synonyms are the same; antonyms are opposites.
- Choosing a synonym that means nearly the same but does not fit the sentence, such as "huge" for "tall".
- Thinking synonyms mean exactly the same. Many differ in strength or feeling, such as thin and skinny.
