Step #1: Retrieve your study guide from Folder A…

…then proceed to the next slide!

Allen & Stine, MP 1, 2013

Word Study Station #2: Synonyms and Antonyms

Synonyms and Antonyms - Synonyms and Antonyms - DefinedDefined

Test your knowledge of Test your knowledge of synonyms and antonyms…synonyms and antonyms…

Go to the following site and assess your knowledge of

synonyms and antonyms…

There’s more to Synonyms There’s more to Synonyms and Antonyms…and Antonyms…

While synonyms and antonyms may seem easy, in order to be TRUE synonyms and antonyms you must understand both connotation and denotation and be able to apply them accordingly.

Define these terms on your study Guide.

Connotation and Denotation

Academic Workout Academic Workout #21: Synonyms #21: Synonyms

and Connotationsand Connotations

Review this Review this study guide study guide as you verify as you verify and complete and complete

the study the study guide...guide...

Get AW #21: Synonyms and Connotation worksheet from Folder B.

Working independently and quietly, complete the Worksheet.

Please refer to your notes to help you with any answers you are not sure of!

Using the Answer Key in Folder C, check and correct your work.

Review any concepts with which you had difficulty.

Demonstrate your Demonstrate your Knowledge!Knowledge!

Working in pairs, complete the back of your study guide as follows:

Using the sources below, select a short children’s song or nursery rhyme.

Source 1 Source 2

Transcribe the original first four lines of the song or rhyme into the space provided.

Continue to the next slide…

Demonstrate your Demonstrate your Knowledge!Knowledge!

Using thesauri and dictionaries, rewrite the selected song as follows: First, rewrite replacing all nouns, verbs,

adjectives, and adverbs with Synonyms; and Then, rewrite replacing all nouns, verbs,

adjectives, and adverbs with Antonyms.

Submit your completed study guide to Mrs. Allen or Mrs. Stine for

assessment.

We will be having an assessment of your knowledge next week so be sure to review your study guides!

Works Cited/UtilizedWorks Cited/Utilized

Burke, Jim. Academic Workout: Reading and Language Arts. Waltham, MA: First Choice

Education Group, 2006. Print.

“Denotation & Connotation.”Fu Jen University, Department of English Language and

Literature. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

<http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/English_Literature/terms/denotation.htm#Denotation>.

"Do2Learn: Educational Resources for Special Needs." Do2Learn: Educational

Resources for Special Needs. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

<http://www.do2learn.com/games/synonymsantonyms/index.htm>.

Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.." Dictionary, Encyclopedia and

Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

<http://www.thefreedictionary.com/synonym>.

"Nursery Rhymes, Drawings, Poems, Songs, all Free,." Nursery Rhymes, Drawings,

Poems, Songs, all Free,. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

<http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com/>.

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