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Ted

•Who is Ted?

•Why is Ted with the boy?

•What is an imaginary friend?

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5 – I picked just the right words to express my ideas and feelings.

• Every word seems exactly right: specific and accurate.

• The words create pictures that linger in your mind.

• Colorful, fresh and snappy – yet nothing’s overdone.

• Striking words and phrases catch your eye.• Lively verbs, precise nouns, and descriptive

modifiers.• Accurate and precise: that’s me!

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3 – It might not tweak your imagination, but hey – it gets the message across.

• Words are adequate and correct, but not very original.• My words communicate, but they seldom create pictures

in your mind.• I might have over-utilized my thesaurus…• I used quite a few passive verbs and everyday nouns,

adjectives, and adverbs.• I didn’t revise much for word choice. What you see if

pretty much the first thing that popped into my head.• It’s functional, with only a moment or two of sparkle.

It’s very general.

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1 – My reader is likely to ask, “Huh?”

• I’m a victim of vague wording and fuzzy phrasing.

• It’s hard to picture what I’m talking about.• Maybe I misused a word or two…• My vocabulary is limited and/or I’ve

misused words.• Some redundant words and phrases might

be redundant; too many clichés.• The words just don’t work in this piece.

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So ask yourself…

• Here are questions you can ask yourself about IDEAS.

Did I write about a small idea, a seed idea?

Is my message clear? Do I know a lot about my

topic? Do I have interesting

details?

• Here are questions you can ask yourself about WORD CHOICE.

Did I use any new words? Do my words make

sense? Did I use precise words,

just the right word?

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Babysitting Disaster

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List five activities you do every day at your home.

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. ____________________________________

4. _____________________________________

5. ____________________________________

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Now CREATE an IMAGINARY FRIEND.

It’s name: ___________________

Draw a picture of your imaginary friend.

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Describe your imaginary friend.

Its color:

Its size:

Its amazing feature or what it can do that is special.