Troublesome Words

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Troublesome Words

• A Stand-Alone Instructional Resource (STAIR)

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Purpose of the STAIR

• So that students will be able to identify
  commonly misused words and choose the appropriate
  word for use in a sentence.

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Who will use this STAIR?

• High School Students Grades 9-12
• This could be used with students that plan to
  continue in the business field where accuracy is
  the most important standard in document creation.
• This could be used with all students to emphasize
  the importance of proofreading.
• This could be used with students (regular and
  special needs) that struggle with grammar use.
• This could be given as an exercise in
  Keyboarding, Beginning Office, and Advanced
  Office classes.

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Instructional Objectives

• The student will gain understanding about words
  that are commonly misused in sentences.
• The student will be able to identify commonly
  misused words.

• The student will be able to choose the
  appropriate word for use in a sentence based on
  the content of that sentence.
• The student will write a sentence using the word
  correctly in that sentence.

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Instructional Strategies

• Constructivism Students will build on their
  existing knowledge of grammar and gain an
  understanding of groups of words that are used
  interchangeably or inappropriately in a sentence.
  They will analyze, interpret, and predict
  information based on this new knowledge.
• Instructional Design Students will be able to
  learn at a rate appropriate for them. They will
  work on one set of words at a time allowing for
  learning, practice with response and immediate
  feedback, relearning if necessary, and then
  higher levels of responses.

• Deductive Students will be given the word with
  definitions and examples of proper use in
  sentences. They will then show their
  understanding by responding correctly to two sets
  of exercisesthe lower level response of picking
  the correct word to go in the sentence the
  higher level response of then using that word
  correctly in a sentence.
• Scaffolding Students will start with one set
  of words at a time. They will respond to
  exercises asking them to choose the appropriate
  word to use in a given sentence. When they have
  achieved at this level, they will move on to
  writing the word in a sentence of their choosing.
  .

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What will the students be doing?

• Students will complete exercises asking them to
  choose the appropriate word from several choices
  for use in a given sentence.

• Students will then complete an exercise asking
  them to write a sentence using the word correctly
  in that sentence.

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Feedback to Students

• In the first set of exercises, students will
  receive positive or negative comments based on
  their choice and then be able to move on or try
  again based on a similar exercise until they
  complete the exercise correctly.

• In the second set of exercises, students will
  write sentences in a Word file that will be
  submitted to the teacher for grading.

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