Yesterday, Mrs. Johnson had a fun lesson planned for us. While we worked on our morning work, Mrs. Johnson drew a huge pumpkin on orange chart paper. We wondered what in the world she was doing. Mrs. Johnson is always drawing for us. Some of us make fun of her drawings, but most of the class loves to watch her draw. Anyway, after we went over morning work, Mrs. Johnson began talking about "-Nym Words." She drew a tree map for the "-Nym Words." We listed synoNYMS, antoNYMS, and homoNYMS. After reviewing synonyms and antonyms, Mrs. Johnson began a discussion about homonyms.
Homonyms are two words that sound the same, but have different meanings.
Mrs. Johnson gave us squares of manilla paper with a bridge map on them. We were to come up with a pair of homonyms. We wrote the meaning for each and drew a picture of each. For example: Hare is a rabbit, and hair grows on your head. After everyone finished, we presented our homonym pairs to the class and added it to our homonym circle map (the pumpkin).
Our final displayIt is important to know the meanings of the various homonyms so that our sentences will make sense when we are writing. Can you imagine what we would look like if we said, "I have long brown hare!?" Everyone would think we have a long brown rabbit!
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