The students are starting a unit on specific and exact word choice in writing. It ties to our Six Traits of Writing program. Soon, the students will be working on the DAR essay. Here are some resources.

• Adjectives and Adverbs Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  http://www.quia.com/rr/151599.html
  

• Parts of Speech Challenge
  http://www.quia.com/cb/149050.html
  

• Parts of Speech - Level 2
  http://www.quia.com/pop/121425.html
  

• Noun, Pronoun or Adjective?
  http://www.quia.com/rr/152470.html
  

• Problem verbs review - sit/set/lie/lay/rise/raise
  http://www.quia.com/jg/844003.html
  

• Roots & Prefixes
  http://www.quia.com/jg/864320.html
  

• Prefixes
  http://www.quia.com/cm/106491.html
  

• Prefixes
  http://www.quia.com/cm/106492.html
  

• Context Clues
  http://www.quia.com/pop/124758.html
  

• Literary Terms 7th and 8th Short Story
  http://www.quia.com/rr/157921.html
  

• Literature Items
  http://www.quia.com/jg/864399.html
  

• Literature Items
  http://www.quia.com/jg/864400.html
  

• English Jeopardy (CRCT)
  http://www.quia.com/cb/154844.html
  

• vocabulary challenge 1
  http://www.quia.com/rr/177403.html
  

• A Feast of Homonyms
  http://www.quia.com/jg/943187.html
  

• Homonyms
  http://www.quia.com/pop/134259.html
  

• "Get it right, right?"
  http://www.quia.com/pop/134251.html
  

• Homonym pop up 1
  http://www.quia.com/pop/135940.html
  

• Witch word is write????
  http://www.quia.com/pop/135941.html
  

• Rags to Riches- homophones
  http://www.quia.com/rr/180985.html
  

• Homographs
  http://www.quia.com/cb/173394.html
  

• Face Idioms
  http://www.quia.com/jg/956505.html
  

• Short story elements - (copy)
  http://www.quia.com/jg/956509.html
  

• Story Literary Elements
  http://www.quia.com/cm/163456.html
  

• ELA: Learning About Words and Language "Literary Terms"
  http://www.quia.com/quiz/1241615.html
  

• SPMS - 7th Grade Reading Test - Practice for HAT test in May
  http://www.quia.com/quiz/1241617.html