RIC-20235 Primary Grammar and Word Study Year 3 – Understanding and choosing words

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Understanding and choosing words checklist Name of student Homographs Homophones Word groups Plurals Prefixes Suffixes Synonyms Antonyms Confused words ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au ix Primary grammar and word study
Understanding and choosing words Homographs Focus Homographs Definition • Homographs are words that are spelt the same but have different meanings. Example: light – the opposite of heavy light – pale in colour; e.g. light blue (Note: There are more than these two meanings for ‘light’.) Sometimes homographs are pronounced differently. Example: tear (rhymes with deer)—a drop of water that falls from your eye; and tear (rhymes with dare)—to rip a page out of a book Explanation • Recognising and using different homographs develops and enriches students’ vocabulary. They learn to understand the meaning and application of words and the way they work in print. Worksheet information • As an introduction, give two quiz questions to the students to demonstrate two different meanings for the same word. Example: Question 1: What is another word for a large stone? Question 2: What can you do with a baby in a cradle? Ask them to guess the word (rock) and discuss the different meanings. Students may suggest other meanings for ‘rock’, such as a type of music (rockand-roll). • Once completed, discuss the students’ answers for Question 1 as a class. • In Question 2, students are given one definition of various homographs. The answer is in the wordsearch. Once each homograph is found, students then write another meaning for each word on the lines provided. Dictionaries could be used to assist. Again, discuss students answers as a class as there are more than two meanings for many words. • The word ‘wind’ in 2. (d) is an example of a homograph that has different pronunciations. Discuss this with the students before they complete Question 3. Ideas for further practice • Students compile a class homograph dictionary for reference. Students brainstorm to list a specific number of words and arrange them in alphabetical order. A word can be written at the top of a page with two or more definitions underneath. • Hold a competition to see which group can come up with the most meanings for a homograph. Answers 1. (a) Possible answer: A device for keeping you cool, such as a fan. (b) Possible answer: A piece of wood or metal used for support, such as a fence post. Primary grammar and word study 34 www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ® 2. c e a w b p g n o e o t h i g e r o p n n p i n e n e o s i e r i d u c k a l f u r n n r n a e l m ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Possible answers: (a) a device for writing with (b) a score of zero in cricket/ to lower yourself down suddenly (c) a shape with a circular, flat bottom with sides that meet at the top with a point/the edible wafer of an ice-cream (d) to suddenly have shortness of breath/gas from the stomach or bowel (e) healthy or well/a monetary penalty paid for doing something wrong (f) jewellery worn on your fingers/a boxing ring (g) in a sloping position/to rest against something for support 3. wind (rhymes with ‘kind’): to wind up a clock or similar/a track that turns one way then another
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