Rice Cake Salsa Words.

11-2-10

Language Arts

I. Title: Rice cake and Salsa

II. Michigan Standards:
R.WS.04.07 in context, determine the meaning of words and phrases including similes, metaphors,
content vocabulary, and literary terms using strategies and resources including context clues, semantic
feature analysis, and a thesaurus

III. Lesson Objectives:

A. Students will illustrate an understanding of how to use a thesaurus and put juicy
words into their sentences.
B. Students will recall why juicy words make their writing more interesting and are
important to use.

IV. Materials:
Paper
Pencil
Access to white board

V. Anticipatory Set:
Mind Capture: Hand out rice cakes and salsa asks students to try both. Have them
tell you words that describe the rice cake and salsa.
Bridge to Previous Learning: We have learned about adjectives.
Statement of Purpose: It is important for students to have a varied vocabulary.

VI. Instructional Input:

1. Ask students how the rice cake tasted. Most will say gross, bad, plain etc. These
are boring words, “rice cake words”. Have students try the chips and salsa,
then describe how it tastes. Point out that these words “spice” up your writing.
Come up with rice cake salsa words. Example: If something tasted bad, instead of
you using bad in your sentence you could use disgusting.
2. Practice making a few sentences out of the salsa words
3. Have students fill out the rice cake/salsa chart. ( attached)
4. Turn in the rice cake salsa charts.
 5. Construct a visual for the “Rice cake and Salsa words.”

VII. An opportunity to practice:

Guided Practice: Brain storming ideas together as a class. Writing sentences on the
board.
Independent practice: Rice Cake and Salsa words worksheet.

VIII. Closure: Have students share some of their Rice Cake Salsa words.

IX. Accommodations:

One on one work with students (small group work with me or special education
teacher)

X. Multiple Intelligences:
Visual Spatial- N/A
Bodily/Kinesthetic- Tasting the Rice cakes, chips and salsa.
Auditory- listening during group discussion.
Interpersonal- Students sharing their rice cake salsa words.
Intrapersonal- n/a
Logical Mathematical-n/a
Naturalistic-n/a
Musical-n/a

XI. Learning Modes:

Visual- N/A
Auditory- listening
 Bodily/Kinesthetic- tasting the rice cake, chips and salsa.

XII. Learning Domains:

Affective- Working in groups, working together

Psychomotor- N/A
Cognitive
Knowledge- Students will be able to recall that Salsa Words spice up your writing.
Comprehension- Students will come up with their own salsa words.
Application- Students coming up with their own words and writing sentences after
whole class discussion.
Analysis- N/A
Synthesis- N/A
Evaluation- Deciding what words could be used as salsa words.