Multiple Intelligences
for the Everyday Classroom
Word Smart Character Detective
Word Smart lesson plans include the following subjects: Speeches, Literature, English, Languages, History, Reading, Language Arts and Communication Skills. For more detailed lesson plans and reproducible, check out "Multiple Intelligences for the Everyday Classroom" available to order in softcover or PDF.
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In this lesson, students study the internal and external characteristics of a character from their novel study. The Word Smart Character Detective completes a worksheet that communicated key details and references to specific examples from the text.
Snakes and Ladders is designed as a Graphic Organizer for key scenes from a novel study, or even as unit review in Math, Science History. After students have written key ideas, terms or information, they challenge their peers to a game!
The House is an excellent lesson that can be used to teacher Point of View, The Parts of Speech, Narrative voice and more!
Students read the story, projected onto the whiteboard, and work draw connections between language and its effect on readers.
This is a favorite of students. It can be incorporated into a lesson on adjectives and adverbs, or it can be used as a "what we learned today" ticket out the door.
Students create a picture or cut an image from a magazine for the front of the post card. On the back, they personalize a message with a focus of the teacher's choosing. Have the students cut out the two sides and clue them together to post around the classroom.
Snakes and Ladders
Little Miss/Mr Writing Challenge
The House
Post Card
Review
Challenge students to create their own Little Miss and Mr narratives. Using the creations by Roger Hargreaves, students show, rather than tell, why they are Little Miss Shy, Mr. Happy or a completely original character!
Word Smart students love any form of writing, but are passionate about self-expression through creative writing. Use various prompts for journals, such as pictures, images from books, newspaper clippings, book titles, personal reflections and so forth.
Linguistic students love games that incorporate new words, vocabulary building and vocabulary recall. - Scrabble - Crossword - Word Search - Scattergories - Buzz Word - Apples and Oranges - Last Word - Boggle - Password
Word Smart students love to debate. Introduce two topics that students have been researching. Allow each group to prepare an introduction and key points about their topic.
Word Smart students will enjoy the opportunity to develop their public speaking skills with clubs or class activities, such as toastmasters. Encourage students to watch "Great Speeches of our time", such as JFK, Martin Luther King, and other orators of the 20th and 21th century.
Word Smart students love to break codes and analyze ancient languages. Introduce Cuneiform, hieroglyphs, kanji and other ancient and modern languages; students will love the opportunity to see the development of writing and writing utensils.
Word Smart students enjoy listening to lectures to gain information. Use Socratic Dialogue to form a two-way communication model.
Word Smart students enjoy to presentations. Whether they use a poster, PowerPoint, story, poem, book report or another avenue, encourage word smart students to make flashcards, practice clear speaking skills, making eye contact, using inflection and tone to wow their audience.
Encourage students to use their personal devices or recording devices provided by the school to create radio show dramas.
Novels, such as the Phantom Toll Booth challenge readers to thinking about language in a whole new light.
Poetry, such as Jabberwoky challenge word smart students to look at the symbiotic nature of language and the structure of language.
