When teaching word choice, how can you teach precise language?

What will be an ideal response?


Synonym stacking and good and better are two activities.

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Carlos and his father are walking to the park when Carlos stops and picks up a slightly battered leaf. “Look, Papa! It looks like a fish!” Carlos is exhibiting ______.

a. convergence b. discontinuity c. sensitivity d. fluency

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Which of the following theoretical perspectives of child development would be most helpful to you if you wanted to consider the effects of local libraries, natural history museums, and other community resources on children's cognitive development?

a. Nativism b. Psychodynamic theory c. Cognitive-developmental theory d. Ecological systems theory

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The aphorism "speech is our most purely human attribute" was noted by the early Roman

. Aristotle b. Julius Ceasar c. Quintillian d. Plato

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According to Cohen's research poor readers tend to have difficulty with medial vowels because

A. they overuse context. B. they often fail to process medial vowel letters. C. they have difficulty with vowel correspondences. D. vowel sounds may have several spellings.

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