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Home Spelling Practice: Synonyms

For Students 7th - 8th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have synonym pairs. Students write each word one time and divide the words into syllables.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dead Word Wall Lesson

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Help your writers eliminate "dead words" (words that are overused) from their writing. This lesson includes a SMART board presentation that will guide them through identifying, eliminating, and substituting "dead words" from sample...
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Beatrice Public Schools

Analogy Practice Worksheet

For Students 7th - 11th
Clarify word relationships and practice working with synonyms and antonyms by administering an extensive worksheet. Class members determine the relationship between words and complete a series of analogies. Before assigning these...
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Curated OER

Intermediate Synonyms and Antonyms - Multiple Choice - Verbs 6

For Students 6th - 9th
In this synonym and antonym worksheet, learners complete 2 practice exercises that require them to respond to 6 synonym and 2 antonym multiple choice questions.
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Using Synonyms and Explanations as Context Clues

For Students 5th - 8th
In this synonyms and context clues activity, students read a sample news article and 3 short answer questions. Students then find a newspaper article in order to respond to 2 short answer questions regarding the use of context clues.
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Activity
Poetry4kids

How to Write a Diamante Poem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A lesson begins with a description of a diamante poem and the rules to follow while writing one. Scholars examine the ins and outs of synonym and antonym diamantes, then compose an original poem using their newfound knowledge. 
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Curated OER

Walk Two Moons: Word Frame

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle schooler practice their dictionary and thesaurus skills with this vocabulary assignment.  Using the provided graphic organizer and the word list from Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, readers define each word, and find a synonym...
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Introduction to Writing

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students write an essay during this 14 week series of ESL writing lessons. In this series of 14 lessons, advanced ESL writing students complete an essay. They focus on prefixes and suffixes, synonyms and antonyms, and vocabulary...
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Adapting the Game Concentration

For Teachers 1st - 12th
I love classroom games, and this plan deftly describes how you can use the game Concentration across the curriculum to reinforce skills. I wish I would have thought of this when I was teaching this age level. These kinds of games are...
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Interactive
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English Exercises: Synonyms

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 25 fill in the blank questions that require them to use synonyms appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Curated OER

Synonym Search

For Students 7th - 9th
In this synonym search worksheet, students must find three words within the sentence that all have similar meanings. The students identify these words through underlining them.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hoot: Vocabulary Squares

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Study the vocabulary from Carl Hiaasen's Hoot with an activity featuring synonyms and antonyms. Kids fill in a graphic organizer for each word, prompting critical thinking as they find additional ways to put the word into context.
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Penguin Puzzlers

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Test your pupils' ability with analogies with a cute worksheet featuring penguins. Learners complete each penguin-related analogy by circling the best choice to complete each one. They then take the letters they circled and move them...
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Reed Novel Studies

The One and Only Ivan: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
A new friend, a new perspective, and a new light are all found in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan. Ivan, a gorilla, was content with his life until a baby elephant befriended him. Readers find synonyms, answer comprehension...
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Curated OER

Using a Dictionary - Comparing Words

For Students 6th - 9th
Equipped with a dictionary and a purpose, students test the meanings of four word pairs, determining if they are synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, or several other word relationships. Students can practice their dictionary skills and their...
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Adverbs

For Students 5th - 7th
In this adverbs practice worksheet, students read 15 sentences and underline the adverbs in the sentences. Students then write a synonym and antonym for each of the underlined adverbs.
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Figurative Language Practice

For Students 7th - 9th
In this figurative language worksheet, students match ten words to their synonyms. Students may use a dictionary if necessary.  Each given words has three synonyms. 
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Curated OER

Vocabulary practice: Similar Meanings

For Students 5th - 8th
For this vocabulary practice worksheet, students examine 12 sets of 3 words each and then add 1 word to each list that is a synonym to the others. A word bank is provided.
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Learning Vocabulary by Using Reference Materials

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Finding engaging ways to help your middle schoolers build their vocabulary is not easy to do. The instructional activity presented here offers a great way to motivate them to build vocabulary by making it into a game. Teams of pupils use...
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A Nice Story

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Explore word choice in writing. Your class listens to a short story entitled "A Nice Day" (included) and discusses how the story could be improved. Pupils replace the word nice throughout the story with various synonyms, then reread the...
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Writing Myths I

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Explain a natural phenomenon in an original myth. After researching the phenomenon they have chosen, young readers use factual information to include in their myth.  They find synonyms and new phrases to create vivid images as they write...
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Organizer
Curated OER

The Outsiders Vocabulary

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Looking for a vocabulary list and exercise to use with a study of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton? Try out this resource, which provides both the list and the exercise. Each of 19 words is paired with a part of speech and definition or...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Vocabulary Definitions

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer with the word, part of speech, and definition or synonym. Students complete 20 sections.
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Organizer
Curated OER

My Grammar Booklet

For Students 3rd - 7th
Looking for a fun way to teach grammar concepts and terms to your elementary schoolers? Learners create their own grammar reference books with this resource! After cutting out each box and stapling them together to create booklets, young...

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