Teach your students to put those overused words to bed!!!
This instructional strategy encourages students to use more descriptive words in their writing pieces.  Nothing enhances writing better than using strong verbs and a variety of descriptive words.

Tired Words Packet
$7.00

Please make sure to carefully read instructions for ordering (see below).

Included in this packet:

• 27 Tired Words (Large size for bulletin board or poster)

• 1 Large Blank Bed in color -- can be customized by typing in your own text!

• 2 Banners for bulletin board or poster

• 1 Sheet w/ 2 small beds in b&w for students' own personal use - can be customized by typing in your own text!

• 1 Document with directions and ideas

30 files in all!
 

Tired Words in packet: a lot, bit, but, easy, fun, funny, go, good, happy, kid, know, laughed, leave, like (to like), like (similar), little, mad, nice, pretty, ran, sad, said, saw, smart, very, walked, want ***If you have other tired words you'd like to use that are not in this list, you can easily create more beds using the large blank bed document to add your own text.