Learning About Homonyms

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Grade Level

• Elementary School

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Subject

• Language

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Length of Time

• 1 Hour

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Description

• This lesson consists of homonyms that students have had difficulty in learning such as hear/here, their/there, or to/too/two. This lesson is for third through fifth grade students.

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Goals

• Students will learn:
  
  * About Homonyms
  
  * To write out definitions
  
  * To use each word in sentences
  
  

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Materials Needed

• * The worksheet I have included in this lesson
  
  * Dictionary to look up words
  
  * Pencils and erasers
  
  

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Procedure

• First, you will copy the worksheet so that each student will have a copy.
  
  Then, you will write an example on the board so they can see what they are to do.
  
  Example: Blue/Blew
  Blue - The color - I like blue.
  Blew - Blow, Blew, Blown - My paper blew away.
  
  After that, you will pass out the worksheet for them to work independently.
  When they have completed their worksheet, they can submit them to you for grading.
  
  
  
  Worksheet - Homonyms
  
  Directions - You are to write a definition of each word and then use each word in a sentence.
  
  1. Here -
  
  
  
  Hear -
  
  
  
  2. There -
  
  
  
  Their -
  
  
  
  3. Two -
  
  
  
  Too -
  
  
  
  To -
  
  
  
  4. Main -
  
  
  
  Mane -
  
  
  
  5. Knew -
  
  
  
  New -
  
  
  
  
  6. Some -
  
  
  
  
  Sum -
  
  
  
  7. Write -
  
  
  
  
  Right -
  
  
  
  8. Whole -
  
  
  
  Hole -
  
  
  
  9. No -
  
  
  
  Know -
  
  
  
  
  10. Principal -
  
  
  
  Principle -
  
  

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Grading

• Each question is worth 10 points for a total of 100 points.
  
  100 to 90 = A
  
  89 to 80 = B
  
  79 to 70 = C
  
  69 to 60 = D
  
  Below 60 = F
  
  

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