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Synonyms 2 (Continued)
1. Student ability: Intermediate ~ Advanced
2. Approximate length of lesson: 30+
3. Number of students necessary: Any
4. Preferred age/maturity: HS??, College, Adult
5. Type of lesson: Pair / Group activity
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Language Target: Extended vocabulary
development finding a common work
for three synonymous adjectives.
Setting Up: This lesson is best used as a
follow up of Synonyms 2 (Lesson
Collection Set #5 Lesson 1).
Once students have completed
Synonyms 2, go on to Synonyms 2 -
Continued.
To begin, target a simple adjective
such as noisy. Offer a synonym for noisy
such as deafening. See if students can
identify the word noisy from that hint. If
someone says noisy, three points are
awarded. If not, offer a second synonym
such as earsplitting. Again, give them
some time to come up with the word
noisy. If someone says it, award two
points. If they are stumped, offer a third
synonyms such as loud. Now they have
three synonyms. If someone says noisy
award one point. If no one can identify
the correct synonym, this lesson is
probably too difficult for the students!!.
Usually the third hint is the easiest and
someone should be able to call out the
common synonym: noisy.
Repeat this process a few more times
if necessary until students understand
how the activity works.
Getting Started: Have students pull out
their original Synonyms 2 worksheet.
Then pair or group students and give a
copy of Synonyms 2 - Continued to only
one student in each pair or group. Explain
that these words are synonyms for the
words printed in Synonyms 2 but the
order of the words has been randomized.
For example, the first set: deafening,
earsplitting and loud are synonyms for
the word noisy. On the original list,
however, noisy was the 2nd entry on the
right. Customary, typical and common
are synonyms for the word normal - the
10th entry in the left column on the
original. All of these sets of synonyms
reflect the simple adjectives presented in
the Synonyms 2 worksheet; theyve just
been rearranged.
These words begin with the most
difficult synonyms on the left. The second
one is less difficult and the third one is
not particularly difficult. As a pair / group
work activity, the student with the
worksheet reads off the first word on the
left. The partner(s) tries to guess what the
simple adjective is. (Students may be
encouraged to have their copies of
Synonyms 2 in front of them to help
reinforce the vocabulary.)
If the partner(s) correctly identifies
the simple adjective from the first
synonym, three points are given. If not,
the second synonym in the set is read. If
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correctly matched, the student gets two
points. If not, the third synonym from the
set is read. If correctly matched, the
student gets one point. When finished, the
student with the most points wins.
Encourage students to write any of the
three synonyms on their copies of
Synonyms 2.
Variation 1: Dont hand out the Worksheet
at first. Instead, read off the list and have
the students compete against each other
for points.
Variation 2: Demonstrate that many of these
adjectives can be easily converted to
adverbs by adding an -ly. Encourage
students to read through all of the
adjective synonyms making them into
adverbs.
Variation 3: If there is a Thesaurus or two
around, and if students can not identify
the common synonym from the three
hints given, students can offer a fourth
and/or fifth hint by using the Thesaurus
which, by the way, is a wonderful way for
students to become familiar with this
marvelous resource book.
Writing Practice: Encourage students to
write short descriptive sentences using
these or other synonyms to enhance their
writing. For example, rather than: The
pretty flower in the pretty garden was
beside the pretty puppy, students could
write: The attractive flower in the
beautiful garden was beside the adorable
puppy.
More Practice: For similar lessons, see:
Synonyms 1
Lesson Collection Set #4 Lesson 4
Synonyms 1 Continued
Lesson Collection Set #4 Lesson 28
Synonyms 2
Lesson Collection Set #1 Lesson 1
Answers:
-------------Left Column------------- -------------Right Column-------------
1. noisy 8. usual 15. wide 22. sad
2. boring 9. cool 16. hard 23. safe
3. strong 10. dark 17. true 24. soft
4. bright (light) 11. expensive 18. hungry 25. strange
5. happy 12. small 19. interesting 26. tall
6. cheap 13. false 20. narrow 27. warm
7. dangerous 14. crowded 21. quiet 28. weak
Contributed by Kurt Scheibner
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