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Scholastic

What’s the Good Word? Etymology Project Guidelines

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Who named the shapes, or the days of the week? Should words be removed from the dictionary if they're no longer commonly used? Are there too many words in the English language? Language arts students explore these and additional...
Writing
Perfection Learning

In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - Activity Book

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Moving to a new country isn't easy, as Shirley Temple Wong learns in In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord. A series of language arts activities carry readers through the novel, addressing the story's themes,...
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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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Utah Education Network (UEN)

8th Grade Poetry: Narrative Poem

For Teachers 8th Standards
The first lesson of a five-lesson unit designed for eighth graders has class members reading and watching a video of Edgar Allen Poe's narrative poem, "The Raven." They then craft their narrative poem, illustrate it, and share their work...
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Curated OER

That's Not What I Meant to Say

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students choose the undesirable word and replace it with its antonym. They decide what antonym they could use instead of the underlined word to make the sentence follow the I-Care rules.
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Curated OER

Opposites Crossword

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Opposites Crossword activity, students solve the crossword puzzle by filling in 18 opposite words. For example, "small-big" and "noisy-quiet."
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Curated OER

Antonym Test

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this antonym worksheet, students write the antonym for 8 words and write the antonym for the underlined word in 10 sentences. Antonyms include night-day, won-lost, hot-cold, etc.
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Curated OER

Test Your Grammar Skills

For Students 3rd - Higher Ed
In this grammar instructional activity, students will demonstrate a mastery of adjectives and their opposites. Students will match ten adjectives in one column to their antonyms in the opposite column.
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Curated OER

Adjectives: Opposites

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this adjectives and opposites worksheet, students choose antonyms from a word bank. Students determine eleven vocabulary words.
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Curated OER

Working With Words

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this words worksheet, students complete a variety of worksheets involving configuring 11 words, completing sentences with 10 words, writing 4 words in complete sentences and locate and circle 14 words in a word search puzzle. Students...
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Curated OER

NonFiction Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore reading nonfiction. In this nonfiction lesson, students practice using KWL charts to organize nonfiction information gained from reading. Students explore unfamiliar words from reading and recognize synonyms and antonyms.
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Curated OER

Correcting Errors in Sentences

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this proofreading activity, students correct the grammar errors in three sentences. Students tell whether 4 sentences are facts or opinions. Students combine sentences and also write antonyms for 3 words.
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Curated OER

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...
PPT
Curated OER

100 Most Common Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
This is a list of the 100 most commonly used words. Each slide contains one word, and there are 101 slides. Flip through to build a sight word vocabulary, have learners come up with antonyms or synonyms, or use for spelling. This is one...
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Curated OER

Opposites Matching Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL opposites picture and word matching worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures of opposites. Students match each picture to the word that describes each.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Opposite Adjectives

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this adjective worksheet, students read the adjectives and complete the chart by finding the opposite adjective for the 42 adjective examples.
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Curated OER

Opposites

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this opposites learning exercise, students match a bold word or phrase in a sentence in column A with its opposite word or phrase in column B.
Interactive
Curated OER

Auntie Nym's World of Opposites

For Students 8th - 10th
In this antonym worksheet, students choose the antonym of given words by clicking on the correct opposite from a selection of words. When the students complete the exercise, they may check the exercise and try again if they do not have...
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Beacon Learning Center

Power Words

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Using words can create a power struggle! Using antonyms and synonyms can create a Power Words game! Check out this lesson that teachers your class the difference between the two and how to use a thesaurus.
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Curated OER

Analogies In Action

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners practice skills to determine the relationship of words. In groups of two, classmates complete a chart to match vocabulary words into specific groups such as synonyms, antonyms, or familial relationship. To reinforce word...
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Curated OER

Homophones and Vivid Verbs

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students define and practice using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and homophones in complete sentences, paragraphs and essays. They include "vivid verbs" in their writing with the aid of a dictionary or thesaurus.
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Curated OER

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Part 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students recognize synonyms and antonyms. In this reading strategies lesson plan, students use the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett to make predictions, and correctly recognize synonyms and antonyms.
Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Test for Primary2/Grade 2

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this integrated English interactive activity, students complete 10 sentences using words from a word bank at the top of the page. They insert opposite words as they compare two students, and complete a friendly letter by inserting the...
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Curated OER

Word Hook--Set 2

For Students 1st - 8th
In this vocabulary activity, students complete a word web that has sections for the word of the week, antonyms, synonyms and the word definition.

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