powerful words the pen is mightier than the sword
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Powerful Words
The Pen is mightier than the sword
Words are fun!Lots of jokes are based upon word play…
The man who recently fell into an upholstery machine is now fully
recovered.
Activity
Give students:Water, Play dough, a choice of 3 items from their desk.
Have them brainstorm words that relate.
Water Tray: pour, splash, drip, wet, full, empty, overflowing…
Playdough: stretch, break, squash, mould, join, cut, press…
Words are fun!
I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang, but I knew eventually it
would come back to me.
It’s a crack up!
Joke web site:
Children love to collect or make up jokes.
Encourage their understanding of words by asking them to explain why it’s funny.
‘Articulate’
• Take a noun from the pile on the table.
• Describe it to your partner without naming it. Use descriptive language to help your partner visualise what you are describing.
• Can your partner guess what it is?
Synonym Race
• You have thirty seconds.
• Think of as many alternative words as you can for…
look
Talking verbs
1. Working in pairs, make a list of alternative words for ‘said’.
2. Write your words onto your paper.
3. Think of a simple sentence that someone might say, e.g. ‘Where have I put my glasses?’
4. Take it in turns to choose a word from the list and say the sentence accordingly. Can the other person guess which word was chosen?
From: Jumpstart! Literacy by Pie Corbett
The POWER of words!
Quite often, synonyms can be ordered by how powerful they are, e.g.
big huge colossal
Order the cards according to how powerful you think the words are.
Shades of meaning1. Start with a feelings word from
the list.
2. Choose a colour card.
3. Brainstorm synonyms for your feelings word.
4. Write the synonyms onto the colour card in order of strength.
Words are fun!
He didn't tell his mother that he had eaten the glue.
His lips were sealed.
Crazy DefinitionsAbundanceThink of definitions for these:
Armies
Earwig
Elastic band
Fish Fingers
Gladiator
Hippies
Labrador
Microwave
The things you have up your sleevies
A piece of false hair worn over the ears
A group who play rubber instruments
What fish have 5 of on each hand
How the monster felt after lunch
The things you hang your leggies on
Large cat-flap for dogs
Very small greeting
Lots of dancing cakes
Words are fun!Two hats were hanging on a hat
rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, 'You stay
here, I'll go on a head.'
Choose a picture
• Discuss• Brainstorm• Write Words
that describe.• Display• Discuss again• Add more
words
Super settings
coolrocky
lapping
fresh
lush
clear
As fresh as a mountain stream
smooth
The sea was a shimmering plate of glass.
Words are fun!What did the triangle say
to the circle?
You're so pointless!
Fast poem
1. One noun:
2. Two adjectives:
3. Three adverbs:
4. Four verbs:
SpaghettiSpaghetti
Thin and soft,Thin and soft,
Silently, slowly, easily,Silently, slowly, easily,
Slipping, sliding, Slipping, sliding, slithering, disappearing.slithering, disappearing.
Words are fun!Are Santa's helpers
subordinate clauses?
Resources• Primary Framework for literacy
www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframeworks/
• Jokes found at www.kidsjokes.co.uk• Jumpstart! Literacy by Pie Corbett
ISBN 1-84312-102-6• The Usbourne Illustrated Thesaurus
ISBN 0-7460-23529