Homonyms Lesson Plans

Students write and illustrate riddles using context clues to define multiple meaning words that they compile into a book. They read the book, Miss Nelson Has a Field Day, and observe the many different multiple meaning words used in the text. They then assemble a list of multiple meaning words from the text.

Second graders explore multiple meaning words. In this language arts instructional activity, 2nd graders read "Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping." Students discuss the different meanings of the words in the story. Students complete a worksheet.

Pupils brainstorm and list several words that have multiple meanings. They write down definitions and write meaningful sentences, leaving the multiple meaning word out. They trade blank sentences and try to fill in the blanks.

Second graders recognize multiple meanings in words. In this language arts activity, 2nd graders discover how multiple meaning words can change the meaning of a sentence or story.

Students explore words with multiple meanings within various contexts. In this math/language arts lesson, students are divided into groups and given instructions with the same words, but different meanings. Once groups come up with different answers, the teacher introduces the Virtual Thesaurus while the class discusses and uses its content. Students complete a worksheet asking for multiple meanings of words and share them.

Students listen to the book, "Play Ball Amelia Bedelia," and find words in the story that have more than one meaning. In this language arts lesson, students write 4 words that have multiple meanings on the worksheet embedded in the plan. A good, solid lesson.

Students play a vocabulary game in which they match definitions to words and then identify multiple meanings for the same word. At the end of the game students complete a matching review activity.

Students view themselves and their surroundings from different perspectives and gain insight into how others might see them, and discuss how and why they act differently when around various people. After brainstorming multiple meanings of word "perspective," students list and outline perspectives of themselves, and discuss how their perceptions of someone might change if they could "walk in their shoes." Students then sketch their favorite rooms at home, and create Flash animations.

Students explore conflict in Iraq. In this current events guided reading lesson, students define vocabulary words used in the book War Heroes: Voices from Iraq by Allan Zullo and discuss current issues in Iraq to activate prior knowledge. Students read the book independently, then locate examples of humility exhibited by the characters. Students complete a related graphic organizer.

Second graders work with multiple meaning words. In this multiple meaning word lesson, 2nd graders participate in a teacher led lesson about words with have more than one meaning. They complete a skill building worksheet in which they complete sentences using words with more than one meaning.