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Synonyms and Antonyms: Beyond the Thesaurus
Using the same words over and over? Vary your vocabulary and your writing with a collection of lessons, activities, and worksheets focusing on synonyms and antonyms.
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The Visual Thesaurus and the SAT
Demonstrate strategies for tackling unfamiliar vocabulary words in preparation for the SAT. Using Visual Thesaurus computer software, middle and high schoolers interpret contextual clues, solve sample sentence completion questions, and...
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Word Association Poetry with Visual Thesaurus (or Not)
Young poets get inspiration and guidance for making word association poems with the Visual Thesaurus. Your class could complete this project with nothing more than a pencil and paper as well. A nice one-off for a substitute during your...
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Thesaurus Power
Give your class the advantage of Thesaurus Power! They will use a thesaurus to understand word meanings and relationships. They focus on how a thesaurus functions and how it gives the entry word, definition, synonyms, antonyms, and part...
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In Other Words: Using a Thesaurus
Help your young writers stay engaged with their writing through the practical use of a thesaurus. They work to reinforce the use of synonyms as a way of making writing more interesting and to determine word meaning by finding synonyms....
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The Mighty Elements: Using the Visual Thesaurus to Investigate Chemical Elements
Pupils create trading cards for elements in the Periodic Table. Initially, they are introduced to the Periodic Table of Elements and the concept of elements in the world around us. After dividing into groups, learners use the Visual...
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Solving Analogies with the Visual Thesaurus
Incorporate this worksheet on analogies into your day in the computer lab. Using the online Visual Thesaurus, middle and high schoolers work on understanding the relationships between each word pair. The Visual Thesaurus provides clues...
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Synonyms (Thesaurus Search)
Smart, intelligent, perceptive. Here's a worksheet that asks kids to use a thesaurus (an online one, perhaps?) to find a series of synonyms for the six words listed.
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Introduction to Visual Thesaurus
Students define simple words using Visual Thesaurus. In this thesaurus usage lesson, students work with simple words to practice using Visual Thesaurus and see how the tool can help them find new words to include in their writing.
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Using a Thesaurus
For this language arts worksheet, learners learn to use a thesaurus to replace words they already know. Students read 20 sentences and replace the underlined word with a new word found in the thesaurus.
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Thesaurus Rex
Third graders practice expanding their vocabulary by utilizing a thesaurus. In this word choice lesson plan, 3rd graders discuss the purpose of looking up words in a thesaurus and how to choose colorful words that make their writing...
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Using a Thesaurus
In this vocabulary and word study worksheet, learners use a thesaurus to help them identify the synonym for each of the underlined words in 4 sentences. Students then find antonyms for the 4 words listed.
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Improve Your Spelling with the Visual Thesaurus
Using Visual Thesaurus software, class members participate in a computer-based spelling bee. Then they work in groups to analyze the words and use deductive reasoning to infer spelling patterns. They then present one of their "rules" to...
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The Thesaurus
Help your learners discover a variety of adjectives. After reading a passage as a class, small groups find every adjective and adverb in that passage. Once that task is complete, each group uses a thesaurus to find a synonym for every...
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Search for Synonyms: A Thesaurus Lesson
Use a thesaurus to define and learn synonyms for words and improve a piece of their writing. Students highlight weak words, use the thesaurus to find stronger synonyms, and edit their stories. This lesson allows learners to understand...
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2010 Flashback: Looking Back on 2010 with the Visual Thesaurus
Use this fill-in-the-blank worksheet along with the web site Visual Thesaurus as a guide to look up various events. This is a great way to explore the site and facilitate technology skills in a fun, interactive format.
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Revising Our Constitution Using Powerful Words
Word choice is the focus of a lesson designed to boost scholars' writing skills. Participants take a close look at their original work and enhance its readability with the help of a thesaurus. Practice leads the way for the revision of...
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Clicking Your Way to Poetry: Composing Word Association Poems with the Visual Thesaurus
Use a Visual Thesaurus to compose word association poems. Discuss poetry and word association, create word maps, then practice creating poems based on playful word associations. A perfect way to celebrate "Poem in Your Pocket Day" (April...
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Using the Thesaurus: Synonyms
in this synonyms instructional activity, students use a thesaurus to look up 12 words. Students then read four possible choices and circle the word that is not a synonym for the given word.
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It's Opposite Day
Celebrate Opposite Day by using a Visual Thesaurus to match words to their antonyms. They match a list of vocabulary words to their antonym counterparts using the Visual Thesaurus, and then they play Antonym Bingo with the words from...
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Thesaurus Forage
Looking for a game that teaches students about how to use a thesaurus, and reinforces the concept of synonyms? Each player will have the opportunity to use their "tools" in this engaging lesson. They will use their thesauruses in order...
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Thesaurus
In this thesaurus learning exercise, students look at a page from a thesaurus and then respond to 10 short answer questions regarding the information on the thesaurus page.
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Thesaurus
For this research worksheet, 3rd graders read the steps for using a thesaurus. They use a thesaurus entry to answer 5 short answer questions based on the information.
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Using a Thesaurus
In this using a thesaurus instructional activity, students review how to use the writing tool and then use a thesaurus to replace the repeated or inexact words in 9 sentences.