Your students will LOVE this "eerie" PowerPoint (with video clips) and worksheet that encourages students to be creative and vivid in their writing. It will encourage them to "bury" those dead and boring words and find new words! This outlines the following:
-Parts of the writing process (brainstorming/drafting)
-Verbs
-Boring, overused verbs
-Using a Thesaurus and how to find more exciting verbs
-How NOT to use a Thesaurus
This adorable 13-slide PowerPoint includes video clips (only 1 is Bra