Shades Of Meaning

Ask the students to give some examples of synonyms they can think of.

We call words that have similar meanings SYNONYMS These are words that have similar meanings. hurl >>>>>>>>> toss terrify >>>>>> frighten destroy >>>>>> harm hard >>>>>> difficult sleepy >>>>>>> drowsy rich >>>>>>>> wealthy Review quickly. Talk about that we have learned about using the stronger word to show more emotion/action. You can also talk about how using the stronger words improves our writing.

Shades of Meaning Words can mean many things. Even words that are alike can mean something a little different. It is important to know the difference between words.

You can complete this as a whole group or let students complete on their own. Have them think of another word to go in the place of the underlined word in the sentence.

Breakout Room Activity Choose the strongest word from each group of words below. Create your own sentence using the strongest word. Write your sentences on the next slide.  Eat Gobble Nibble Scorching Hot Toasty Happy Thrilled Delighted Slammed Banged Closed

Name _______________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4.

Let’s Play BINGO! There are 8 different BINGO cards. You may want to go through before class and put everyone’s name on one. Then they can go and find their card and stay there and you call out the words. 

http://www.scholastic.com/wordgirl/synonym_toast.htm

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/synsam.html

GAME TIME http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/squanky2/squanky2.html

Find the synonyms with this game. http://www.eslgamesplus.com/adjectives-synonyms-esl-matching-activity-connector-game/ After the game discuss some of the pairs and which word would be a stronger word to use. http://www.eslgamesplus.com/adjectives-synonyms-esl-matching-activity-connector-game/

OLS and Study Island Connection OLS- Vocabulary Unit 14 Study Island ELA Common Core- Shades of Meaning