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OutlineofAcNviNes:thankfulandthankless1. Thanksgiving Antonym Sort

2. Shades of Meaning: examples entered for students

3. Shades of Meaning: no examples

4. Shades of Meaning:

teacher reference and/or classroom answer key

5.  Thanksgiving Sentences: extension activity

6.  Common Core Communicators

Take your students beyond the word “thankful.” A robust vocabulary is essential for reading comprehension. These activities

require students to analyze words at a deeper level, to explore shades or meanings through synonyms and antonyms and to use

reference materials to understand meanings.

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Thanksgiving Antonym Sort

Name: ____________________Date: _____________Directions:Sortthesewordsfromthewordbank.Writeonesynonymfortheword“thankful”onafeatherofthe“thankful”turkeyandtheantonymforthatwordonthecorrespondingfeatherofthe“thankless”turkey.UseadicQonary,thesaurusorotherreferencematerialifyouareunfamiliarwiththemeaningsofthewords.Anexamplehasbeendoneforyou.

“Thankful”

Synonyms

“Thankless”

Synonyms

WordBank: Thankful: satisfied, appreciative, tickled, pleased, gracious, grateful, thoughtful, indebted Thankless: thoughtless, displeased, unobligated, rude, unhappy, malcontent, unappreciative, ungrateful.

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Thanksgiving Synonyms and Antonyms: Shades of Meaning

Name: _____________________________ Date: _________________ Directions: Review the synonyms for “thankful” and “thankless” in the word bank. If you are unfamiliar with a word, look up the definition in a dictionary, thesaurus or other reference material. Fill in the blanks according to where you think each word lies in the shades of meaning of “thankful” and “thankless.” Then see if the antonyms also match up! The top one is done for you.

WordBank: thoughtless, displeased, satisfied, unobligated, appreciative, tickled, rude, gracious, indebted, pleased, thoughtful, unhappy, malcontent, unappreciative, grateful

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Thanksgiving Synonyms and Antonyms: Shades of Meaning

Name: _____________________________ Date: _________________ Directions: Review the synonyms for “thankful” and “thankless” in the word bank. If you are unfamiliar with a word, look up the definition in a dictionary, thesaurus or other reference material. Fill in the blanks according to where you think each word lies in the shades of meaning of “thankful” and “thankless.” Then see if the antonyms for thankful and thankless also match up!

WordBank: thoughtless, displeased, satisfied, unobligated, appreciative, tickled, rude, gracious, indebted, pleased, thoughtful, unhappy, malcontent, unappreciative, grateful

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Thanksgiving Synonyms and Antonyms:

Shades of Meaning

WordBank: thoughtless, displeased, satisfied, unobligated, appreciative, tickled, rude, gracious, indebted, pleased, thoughtful, unhappy, malcontent, unappreciative, grateful

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unobligatedungratefulrudeunappreciaQvemalcontentunhappythoughtlessdispleased

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Thanksgiving Sentences: Extension Activity

Name: ____________________ Date: _______________ Directions: Use the following words (thankful/thankless and their synonyms and antonyms) in complete sentences that demonstrate your understanding of the differences between each word. If you do not know the definition of the word, please use a dictionary, thesaurus or other reference material to locate the definition.

1.thankful:_______________________________________________________________________________.2.thankless:______________________________________________________________________________.3.indebted:______________________________________________________________________________.4.unobligated:____________________________________________________________________________.5.apprecia@ve:____________________________________________________________________________.6.unapprecia@ve:__________________________________________________________________________.7.pleased:________________________________________________________________________________.8.   displeased:______________________________________________________________________________.

9.   saNsfied:_______________________________________________________________________________.

10.   malcontent:____________________________________________________________________________.

11.   rude:__________________________________________________________________________________.

12.   gracious:_______________________________________________________________________________.

Common Core Communicators:

Let your administration and colleagues know exactly what

common core standards you are working on in your classroom by cutting out the applicable common core

standards on the following pages and displaying them in your classroom while you are working on these activities.

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Grades5-6:VocabularyAcquisi@onandUse:

We are working on the following common core standards:

Language Standards

L.5.4c & L.6.4c Consult reference materials for meanings

L.5.5c & L.6.5c Use synonyms & antonyms to understand

words, distinguish shades of meaning

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Grades7-8:VocabularyAcquisi@onandUse:

We are working on the following common core standards:

Language Standards

L.7.4d & L.8.4c Verify meaning in reference materials

L.7.5b & L.8.5b Use synonyms & antonyms to understand words

L.8.5c Shades of meaning among synonyms

We are working on the following common core standards:

Language Standards

L.9-10.5b & L.11-12.5b Analyze nuances in word meanings

Grades9-12:VocabularyAcquisi@onandUse: