Cell Shock

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

2, 3

Overview

This figurative language game helps to give children exposure to creative writing styles in a fun and engaging manner. Cell Shock also offers a sensory details option. This classroom resource also includes a quiz, worksheet, and teaching video to help with understanding.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.16

Describe word relationships and nuances in word meanings, including relating them to their opposites and distinguishing shades of meaning in similar or related words.

UP:ELA21.2.16

Vocabulary

  • Describe
  • Word relationships
  • Nuances
  • Opposites
  • Distinguishing
  • Shades of meaning
  • Similar words
  • Related words

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Describe how the meaning of words are alike or different.
  • Describe the nuances of words that have different shades of meaning (example: happy vs. ecstatic).

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Writers and speakers should carefully select words to convey specific meanings, ideas, and relationships.
  • Words have relationships with others and that words have subtle differences that can be distinguished within text.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.14

Describe word relationships and nuances in word meanings, including relating them to their opposites and distinguishing shades of meaning in similar or related words, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

UP:ELA21.3.14

Vocabulary

  • Describe
  • Word relationships
  • Nuances
  • Opposites
  • Distinguishing
  • Shades of meaning
  • Similar words
  • Related words
  • Nouns
  • Verbs
  • Adjectives

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
  • Words with opposite meanings are antonyms, and words with similar meanings are synonyms.
  • A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
  • A verb expresses an action or state of being.
  • An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Describe the relationships between words and nuances in word meanings.
  • Describe how the meaning of words are alike or different.
  • Describe the nuances of words that have different shades of meaning.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Writers and speakers should carefully select words to convey specific meanings, ideas, and relationships.
  • Words have relationships with other words and words have subtle differences that can be distinguished within text.

CR Resource Type

Interactive/Game

Resource Provider

Room Recess

License Type

Public Domain
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