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Grade 8, AL COS Std #: 16 Comprehend and display an extended vocabulary through reading, listening, viewing, writing, speaking, and presenting. Synonyms Antonyms Classifications Context

Lesson Plans: Vocabulary Making "real meanings" to vocabulary Password Vocabulary Review Using Synonyms and Antonyms The Dictionary Game Game like Balderdash used with new vocabulary words. Word Up! Exploring Meanings and Origins Using Online Word Sites

Resources: Thesaurus.com Online dictionary and thesaurus Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B, I) Students use a dictionary and a thesaurus to find synonyms and antonyms of common words. Students begin with simple adjectives such as “large/big” and “large/small” and progress into more complicated ones. (I, T) Students create original words from lists of affixes, suffixes, and bases. They compare their “new” words to actual English words by looking them up in the dictionary. Students might combine “tele” and “mobile” into “telemobile” which is something that moves by remote control. See dictionary.com for quick-reference definitions from a variety of dictionaries.
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