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Grade 3 English Language Arts · Level 4, Build Strong Sentences, Paragraphs, and Opinions
Choose Language for Effect and Situation
Choose words and phrases for effect and recognize differences between spoken and written standard English without treating dialect difference as lack of intelligence or comprehension.
How the lesson starts: Choose Language for Effect and Situation
The color-change kid
Meet Ximena the chameleon. She changes her colors for every place she goes. Here's her secret. She changes her words too! Some words make a scene exciting. Some make it cozy or calm.
Calm to exciting
The dog, blank, across the yard. Pick a word to set the feeling. Strolled feels calm and slow. Walked is plain. Ran speeds up. Raced feels the most exciting! Each word paints a different scene.
Let's match the feeling
Writers pick words to make readers feel something. The drum boomed. That feels loud! The kite zoomed over the hill. That's exciting! The cat curled up by the fire. That feels cozy. The leaf drifted down. That feels peaceful.