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Thesaurus Lesson Plans
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Students create a memory book with messages they have written. For this memory book lesson, students use the dictionary and the thesaurus to find and use new words to use in paragraphs. Students write messages about their experiences during the school year, illustrating with graphics and WordArt.
Students investigate chemical elements and their properties. In this chemistry lesson, students use the Visual Thesaurus to learn about elements and their properties. Students create unique trading cards to represent the elements and their properties.
Fifth graders read a story and practice vocabulary skills using glossaries, dictionaries and thesauruses. In this reference tools lesson, 5th graders expand their understanding of reading by applying strategies that improve language fluency and comprehension.
Students use synonyms in their writing to make it more expressive. After a class discussion on what synonyms are and how to find examples of them, students complete a worksheet embedded in the plan where they look up the underlined words and use a thesaurus to find synonyms for them.
Students explore world mapping skills. In this world geography lesson plan, students identify and label the continents and oceans on a world map using the Visual Thesaurus. Students generate mnemonic devices to help memorize these terms.
Students identify the continents and the oceans of the world. In this geography lesson, students use the Visual Thesaurus and mnemonics to memorize the names and locations of the continents and oceans.
Students paraphrase an entry from The Elements of Style,then revise a sentence. Students use a visual thesaurus and read synonyms for the phrase "very pretty." Students brainstorm a list of intensifiers, then write and perform "before" and "after" dialogues.
Young scholars identify different units of liquid measurement. In this measurement lesson, students use the online Visual Thesaurus to learn about the relationships between units of liquid measurement.
Students use a visual thesaurus and Vocabgrabber to interpret a news article. In this vocabulary building and comprehension lesson, students analyze quotes from the article. Students use the visual thesaurus and Vocabgrabber to interpret the message of the article. Students then use the information from the article to write guidelines for internet use.
Word choice is the key to good writing. Learners can develop this important skill through this lesson which involves the use of a thesaurus. Using a writing sample, they identify which words could be changed to be richer and more descriptive and use a thesaurus found in Microsoft Word.
