Vocabulary and Concept Development EDI

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

Learning Objective concept • I will determine the meanings of words by identifying the meaning of homographs. skill

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 . Bullet proof definitions • Homographs: words that have the same spelling but different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations. Student friendly definitions

Homographs are words that have the same spelling but different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations. Tell your partner what homographs are.

Read the following homographs: story bank wind /wind/ /wjnd/ second rest date rose yard row 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 story • Read these homographs: second date yard row

Skill Development • Read these homographs: wind /wind/ /wjnd/ tears /ters/ /tērs/ bow /bou/ /b#/

Skill Development • Read these homographs: bank rest rose tire

Read these definitions: sound a dog makes tree covering bark date day, month and year sweet fruit second next after the first very short time wind moving air to turn story tale floor of a building ground around a house thirty-six inches yard rest be still or quiet what is left row line of people or things to use oars

be still or quiet • Match these homographs to the correct definition: tree covering bark ground around a house sweet fruit date second very short time tale wind moving air to turn story next after the first floor of a building yard thirty-six inches day, month and year rest what is left sound a dog makes row to use oars line of people or things

Answer these questions: • What is homograph? • Are bark and bark homographs? • Words that are spelled the same are called? • Are wind and wind homographs? • Do homographs always have the same pronunciation?

Identify the homographs by their meaning. Guided Practice • tree covering • sweet fruit • very short time • to turn • floor of a building • thirty-six inches • what is left • to use oars • 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 Context Think of the different meanings of each word. Write the word from the list that makes sense in each sentence. tire bank rose bow tears • Sometimes we fish from the _______________ of the river, but sometimes we go out on a boat. • Mayra had __________________ in her eyes when she said good-bye to all her old friends. • At the end of the play, everyone in the cast came on stage and takes a ____________________. • As her parents watched with love and concern from the audience, Debbie _________________ to give her speech accepting the award. • The police officer stopped to help the young man and change a flat __________________. bank tears bow rose tire

Meaning in Context Think 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: • The letters R.S. were carved in the bark of the tree. • a. moving sides b. tree covering c. sound a dog makes • What is the date of that letter. • a. day, month, and year b. tale c. sweet fruit • 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 • 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

Extension Read each homograph. Match with the proper meaning. Some homographs will have two meanings. • __ tears • __ rose • __ tire • __ bank • __ bow • __ story • __ second • __ date • __ row • __ wind a • rips • flower • became weary • land along a river • fancy knot • water from the eyes • got up • line of people or things • place where money is kept • bend from the waist • tale • very short time • very sweet fruit • to turn b c i d j k l m h n

Vocabulary and Concept Development EDI