Rest in Piece

Teaching writing this year has brought some familiar challenges. "Said" was running ramped throughout the writings in our classroom as well as other commonly used words: fun, then, and like, etc.. It was became apparent that we would have to take drastic measures to rid ourselves of these commonly used vocabulary words and introduce words that could be used in their stead.

To help the process we held a funeral service for our friend Said. Needless to say, there was lots of spectulation as to who committed the crime. Most of my students have placed the blame on me, claiming that I had a hatred for the Said (not true!). I have since wrote a book about the likely suspects (not yet published). It has open the door for many new words that my class is now using in their writing. I often hear students correct one another during peer reviews on the use of Said and many other commonly used words.

I have created a few worksheets that can be stapled into a student's writing notebook. The worksheets are brainstorming sheets and can be referenced whenever they are working on their next masterpiece. You can download this sheet as well as others on my Teacher Pay Teachers Page http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Vocabulary There is a Free version of the R.I.P. Said shown below. You can access that version by clicking on the link http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/RIP-Said

Happy Brainstorming!