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Synonyms and Antonyms
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2. What is a synonym?
A quick refresher course on synonyms: A “synonym” is a word that means the same thing (or close to the same thing) as another word.
For example: Cold and Chilly are synonyms because they both mean similar things.
Another example: Beautiful and Gorgeous are synonyms.
Question for you: which of these following words are a synonym for sad? Click on the answer that best fits.
Joyful Unhappy Lucky

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5. Activity One: Synonyms
You and a new friend are talking about all the words people could use in place of a common, everyday word. You and she decide to play a game: she will list off words that are all fun synonyms of a simple word, and you have to guess the common synonym they all have. Click to begin listening to her!
What is the common synonym for all these words? Click on the answer that is the best fit. You can (at any time) click on the sound button to listen to the words again.
Pretty
Good
Correct

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8. Synonyms Activity; Part 2
What is the common synonym for all these words? Click on the answer that is the best fit. You can (at any time) click on the sound button to listen to the words again.
Nice
Ugly
Bad

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11. What is an antonym?
A quick refresher course on antonyms: An “antonym” is a word that means the opposite of another word.
For example: Happy and Sad are antonyms because they are opposites of each other.
Another example: Imaginary and Real are antonyms.
Hint: Antonyms are only words that are opposites by definition, not just things that don’t generally go together. For example, Silly and Sad are not antonyms. They do not generally go together, but they are not opposites.
Question for you: which of these following words are a antonym for boring? Click on the answer that best fits.
Tedious Unpleasant Interesting

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14. Activity Two: Antonyms
For this activity, you will watch the following video and try to decide if the words used are antonyms or not. You will get to watch the whole video once, and then after that you will answer the questions about each pair with the pictures from the video to help you remember what you saw. Click either “yes” or “no” at the top of the slide to answer. Enjoy the video and good luck! Click anywhere to continue.

16. Antonyms: Yes or No?
Toasty Warm
Freezing Cold

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19. Antonyms: Yes or No?
Teacher
Student

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22. Antonyms: Yes or No?
Joyful
Miserable

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25. Antonyms: Yes or No?
Language Arts
Mathematics

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28. Congratulations!
You have finished today’s lesson on synonyms and antonyms. Pat yourself on the back and give your brain a kiss! For the next class, please brainstorm ideas of how synonyms and antonyms can be helpful while writing five- sentence paragraphs. Click anywhere to exit. Have a wonderful day! - Miss Otteson

29. Resources/References
All sound bytes and images used from Microsoft Media
Video created by Victoria Otteson using Microsoft Media ClipArt
Music from “Our Family Photo Album: The Antonyms” video citation:
Matthews, Morgan. (2013). Something New on Instrumentals for Artists/Projects [MP3 file]

30. Standards & Grade Level
Grade Level: 4th
Subject Area: English/Language Arts
Topic: Synonyms and Antonyms
Indiana Common Core Standard: EL.4.1.2
Apply knowledge of synonyms (words with the same meaning), antonyms (words with opposite meanings), homographs (words that are spelled the same but have different meanings), and idioms (expressions that cannot be understood just by knowing the meaning of the words in the expression, such as couch potato) to determine the meanings of words and phrases.