WRITING...

...is more interesting to read if you use a variety of words.

Using the same words all the time can get BORING !

Read this paragraph.

                Karen woke up early today and had a good
     breakfast.  Then she put on her good sweater and
     her good jeans and went to visit her good friend,
     Molly.  Molly and Karen decided to go to the
     movies.  They ate some good popcorn, and the movie
     was really good.  On the way home they stopped and
     ate some good ice cream.  Overall, it was a
     good day!

So...  What was wrong with that story?  Why does it sound so BORING ?

Did you guess that it was because the word GOOD was used a few too many times ?

     Putting a variety of words into your writing can make it so much more interesting.

           Let's try the story again and see if you can think of a word to use in place of GOOD.

           Your new story could look like this.

          Karen woke up early today and had a
   delicious breakfast.  Then she put on her
   favorite sweater and her GAP jeans and went
   to visit her best friend, Molly.  Molly and
   Karen decided to go to the movies.  They ate
   some buttered popcorn, and the movie was
   really interesting.  On the way home they
   stopped and ate some yummy ice cream. 
   Overall, it was a great day!

Let's look at another story.

            Mario wanted to buy a new bicycle, but he knew
  it would take a lot of money.  To save money for the
  bicycle he would need a lot of jobs.  He decided to ask
  a lot of his neighbors if they had any jobs for him.  Mrs.
  Jones said she needed a lot of help.  Mr. Smith said he
  had a lot of children to do chores, but he suggested
  going to a lot of other houses to ask.  He said he had a
  lot of friends who were always needing a lot of help.

Try replacing the word LOT with a different word
 in this story.

      Mario wanted to buy a new bicycle, but he knew it

 would take a lot of  much Try this! money.  To save money for

 the bicycle he would need a lot of many Try this!   jobs.  He

 decided to ask a lot   some Try this!  of his neighbors if they

 had any jobs for him.  Mrs. Jones said she needed

a lot plenty Try this!   of help.  Mr. Smith said he had

a lot of enough Try this!   children to do chores, but he

 suggested going to a lot a number Try this!   of other houses to

 ask.  He said he had a lot of many Try this!   friends who were

 always needing a lot a tremendous amount Try this!   of help.

                     Your new story could look like this.

          Mario wanted to buy a new bicycle, but he knew it
  would take much money.  To save money for the bicycle
  he would need many jobs.  He decided to ask some of
  his neighbors if they had any jobs for him.  Mrs. Jones
  said she needed plenty of help.  Mr. Smith said he had
  enough  children to do chores, but he suggested going
  to a number of other houses to ask.  He said he had
  many friends who were always needing a tremendous
  amount of help.