Rewording
Today's activity will be focused on rewording paragraphs. To start you will need to post a little text of about 5 lines. Once you have done that, one of your peers will be asked to read and rewrite your idea using different words and verbs. Once he has done that a third party will do the same with what was published by the second person. Look at the example below:
Your entry:
This is a very important day for me because I just got some news from the school I want to attend. They are telling me that I need to send them some more information and once they receive that, they will provide me with a specific date to visit the premises.
Peer one:
This is a very significant day for me because I have just received an update from the school I want to register in. The board just asked me to send some more data and once they have it, they will give me the date when I can visit the school.
Peer two:
This is a special day for me because I obtained fresh news from the school I want to frequent. The school is requiring some more details about my stay and once they acquire it, I will be given the time when I can visit them.
Now you are ready to submit your example. You can use some of the links below to complete the exercise.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reword
http://www.synonym.com/synonyms/reward/
http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=call&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l&org3=y
http://www.synonyms.net/
Activity 2
Review some of the on-line newspapers from the links below and choose an article. Write down a list with all the active verbs you find in that article (max. 20)and submit it. You will be assigned another classmate's list in order to create a little story with at least 10 of the verbs they chose.
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
http://www.newspapers.com/
