Vocabulary and Concept Development EDI Standard 1 4

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. 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 bank second wind /wind/ /wjnd/ date yard row rest rose 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 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 day, month and year sweet fruit date next after the first very short time second wind moving air to turn tale floor of a building ground a house thirty-six inches yard what is left rest be still or quiet line of people or things to use oars story row

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

Answer these questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 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?

Guided Practice Identify the homographs by their meaning. • • sounds a dog makes day, month, and year next after the first moving air tale ground 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

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 bank 1. Sometimes we fish from the ________ of the river, but sometimes we go out on a boat. tears 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 bow takes a __________. 4. As her parents watched with love and concern from the rose audience, Debbie _________ to give her speech accepting the award. 5. The police officer stopped to help the young man and change a tire flat _________.

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 bow 6. Did you tie the _________ for this present? tire 7. Since I’ve been exercising regularly, I don’t _________ nearly as quickly. bow 8. My dentist gives a single red _________ to every patient who has a good checkup. bank 9. If you’re going to the _________, you’d better hurry; it closes at five o’clock. tears 10. Our puppy always __________ our newspapers to shreds.

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

Extension Read each homograph. Match with the proper meaning. Some homographs will have two meanings. a tears 1. __ b 2. __ rose c tire 3. __ 4. i__d bank j bow 5. __ k story 6. __ l 7. __ second m date 8. __ h row 9. __ n 10. __ wind a. rips b. flower c. became weary d. land along a river e. fancy knot f. water from the eyes g. got up h. line of people or things i. place where money is kept j. bend from the waist k. tale l. very short time m. very sweet fruit n. to turn