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Work
Homophone Graphics
Subject: Language Arts
Grade: 5th
Time: 1 hour
Main Points
Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Many sets of homophones contain 2 words, but some contain more. Using the context a word is in can help you figure out which meaning is being used.
Objectives By the end of this
lesson students will: Materials
Lesson Beginning
Introductory Focus
- Write the words "hair" and "hare" on the chalkboard.
- Ask for the definition of each of the words.
- Ask if anyone knows what kind of words these are.
- Pick 2 sticks from the call box and ask the chosen students whether they would like to assist the teacher.
- Have the students each do a drawing to illustrate one of the words.
Wholeness
The English language can be challenging because it is filled with many exceptions. One of these are homophones, words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. One way we can train our minds to learn the different words and their meanings is to draw pictures about the words. This allows the picture and the word, together, to cement in our minds.
Purpose
First ask students if they have any suggestions as to why we're learning about homophones. If it is felt that there needs to be a further point made, suggest that it will make us better readers and students.
Lesson Development
Procedures
- Have students' pair up within their seating arrangements, and allow them to work for 5 minutes to come up with homophones.
- Ask the entire class for homophone sets and start writing them all over the board - be sure to circle each set.
- Continue taking suggestions for about 20 minutes or until board is entirely covered. (make sure that each student has contributed at least once)
- Have each student choose a homophone set (pick sticks - each homophone should be used just once). Students should be careful to select homophones that are easy to draw.
- Hand out drawing paper. Demonstrate that the paper should be folded in half, with one word written on each half. Under each of the words students should illustrate the word in such a way that the meaning is shown. E.g. "hare" could be a drawing of a hare and "hair" could be a girl with long curly hair.
- Underneath each of the illustrations there should be a sentence using the homophone in a sentence. E.g. "hare" could have: The hare nibbles on a piece of lettuce.
Lesson Ending
Fulfillment
Have students share in small groups. This way each student feels some fulfillment, while still being time efficient.
Closure
Wholeness should be repeated and the lesson summarized.
Homework
If the assignment hasn't been completed it should be completed for homework
Assessment
This assignment will only be assessed on the basis of whether it was done to a satisfactory level (all aspects of the assignment were included - homophone set, with drawing and sentence). This lesson is in preparation for a Theme Test that covers a range of topics including homophones.
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