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When Is a Noun a Verb? Examining Double Duty Words
The New York Times' Learning Network provides great lessons! This one uses articles from the paper to help readers understand homonyms like mail (verb and noun). It also includes an exercise in reading informational text. Links to the...
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Phono
In this homonyms worksheet, students discover common homonyms by playing a Bingo game. There are 8 different cards provided; the caller could use a homonyms list. The caller would need to use each word in a sentence. Students mark their...
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Horrid Homonyms
Young scholars explore homonyms, which are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
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Goldie Girl and There, Their, and They're: Homophones and Homographs
Instruct your class on homonyms and homophones. Learners take a pre-test and examine a list of homophones. They also play online word games to practice spelling and usage and write a fairy tale in which they use at least 10 homophones....
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Give Peas a Chance this International Day of Peace
Encourage creativity while tying in homonym and homophone lessons with the International Day of Peace.
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Course vs. Coarse
In this English grammar activity, students understand the differences between the usage of the words "course" and "coarse." Students read the definition of each and the given examples before taking the online interactive exam.
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"Spelldown" by Becky Mushko
Learners read Spelldown, by Becky Mushko and consider how it portrays the Appalachian community. They define and discuss vocabulary presented in the story and write a comparison/contrast paper analyzing two of the story's characters. The...
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Simple and compound sentences
In this simple and compound sentences worksheet, students decide whether sentences are simple or compound sentences. Students also identify homophones, and plurals in sentences.
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Maps As Models of The Earth
In this social studies worksheet, students find the different locations on an imaginary map with the focus upon reading retention and application.
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One Word Substitution 4
For this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 10 vocabulary terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Homonyms
This homonym tutorial begins with the poem "My Spell Checker" to show the importance of learning the difference between words. This is followed by a slide show of commonly misused homonyms, including definitions and examples. It offers...
Kent State University
Ohio Literacy Resource Center: Homonyms
Find out the definition of a homonym when you visit this resource. This site features a list of common homonyms.
Other
Suber & Thorpe: An English Homophone Dictionary
This website provides a simple definition of homophone as well as a very long list of homophones, organized alphabetically.