Vocabulary and Concept Development

EDI

Standard: 1.4 Use knowledge of antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs to determine the meanings of words.

Learning Objective

• I will determine the meanings of words by identifying the meaning of homographs.

Activating Prior Knowledge

• Have you ever read the word “lead”?

• “Lead” can be read as /lēd/ or /led/.

• “Lead” is a homograph because it has the same spelling but two different meanings?

• In this case “lead” also has two different pronunciations.

Concept Development• Homograph : a word with the same spelling as another or others but with a different meaning and origin, and, sometimes, a different pronunciation .

• Homographs: words that have the same spelling but different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations.

Tell your partner what homographs

are.

Homographs are words that have the same

spelling but different meanings

and sometimes different

pronunciations.

Read the following homographs:

story

date

second

rest

bank

row

rose yard

wind/wind/ /wjnd/

tears/tērs//ters/

Read the following homographs:

story

date

second

rest

bank

row

rose yard

wind/wind/ /wjnd/

tears/tērs//ters/

Importance

• Have you ever been confused about a word and have not been able to figure out its meaning?

• Have you ever had to use knowledge of word meaning to figure out the meaning of a new or difficult word?

Skill Development• Read these homographs:

story

date

second

row

yard

Skill Development• Read these homographs:

wind/wind/ /wjnd/

tears/ters//tērs/

bow/bou/ /b#/

Skill Development• Read these homographs:

rest

bank

rose

tire

• Read these definitions:

next after the first

sound a dog makes

day, month and year

ground around a house

moving air

tale

be still or quiet

line of people or things

very short time

tree covering

sweet fruit

thirty-six inches

to turn

floor of a building

what is left

to use oars

bark

date

second

wind

story

yard

row

rest

• Match these homographs to the correct definition:

bark

date

second

wind

story

yard

row

rest

sound a dog makes

day, month and year

next after the first

moving air

tale

ground around a house

be still or quiet

line of people or things

tree covering

sweet fruit

very short time

to turn

floor of a building

thirty-six inches

what is left

to use oars

Answer these questions:

1. What is homograph?2. Are bark and bark homographs?3. Words that are spelled the same are called?4. Are wind and wind homographs?5. Do homographs always have the same

pronunciation?

Identify the homographs by their meaning.

• tree covering• sweet fruit• very short time• to turn• floor of a building• thirty-six inches • what is left• to use oars

Guided Practice

• sounds a dog makes• day, month, and year• next after the first• moving air• tale• ground around a house• be still or quiet• line of people or things

Meaning in ContextThink of the different meanings of each word. Write the word from the list that makes sense in each sentence.

tire bank rose bow tears

1. Sometimes we fish from the _______________ of the river, but sometimes we go out on a boat.

2. Mayra had __________________ in her eyes when she said good-bye to all her old friends.

3. At the end of the play, everyone in the cast came on stage and takes a ____________________.

4. As her parents watched with love and concern from the audience, Debbie _________________ to give her speech accepting the award.

5. The police officer stopped to help the young man and change a flat __________________.

bank

tears

bow

rose

tire

Meaning in ContextThink of the different meanings of each word. Write the word from the list that makes sense in each sentence.

tire bank rose bow tears

6. Did you tie the _________________ for this present?

7. Since I’ve been exercising regularly, I don’t _________________ nearly as quickly.

8. My dentist gives a single red _________________ to every patient who has a good checkup.

9. If you’re going to the _________________, you’d better hurry; it closes at five o’clock.

10. Our puppy always ___________________ our newspapers to shreds.

bow

tire

bow

bank

tears

Closure

• Homographs are –

• Homographs are words that have the same spelling but different meanings and

sometimes different pronunciations.

Independent Practice

Match the bolded word with the best definition:

1. The letters R.S. were carved in the bark of the tree.a. moving sides b. tree covering c. sound a

dog makes

2. What is the date of that letter.a. day, month, and year b. tale c. sweet fruit

3. This is the second time Sara has been to the dentist this year.a. very short time b. to turn c. next after the

first

4. Don’t forget to wind the clock after you set it. a. moving air b. what is left c. to

turn 5. Does Yuri live in this row of red brick houses.a. line of people or things b. floor of a building c. to use oars

ExtensionRead each homograph. Match with the proper meaning. Some homographs will have two meanings.

1. __ tears2. __ rose3. __ tire4. __ bank5. __ bow6. __ story7. __ second8. __ date9. __ row10. __ wind

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