Transcript Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born
Super Word Kid 1
A Superhero Was Born
What are Synonyms?
Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born
Before the lesson… let’s play “Odd One Out”!
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
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Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born
Odd One Out!
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
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Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born
Odd One Out!
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
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Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born
Odd One Out!
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
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Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born
Odd One Out!
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
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Who is he?
Let’s read about him!
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Date today 26/03/2046
Who is Super Word Kid?
A story about a person’s life.
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LOCAL NEWS
Super Word Kid is actually a Primary 6 student in disguise! His real name is Jack White.
Born on
Planet Word
, Jack left his home planet when he was a baby. He was raised by Mr. and Mrs. White on Earth since then.
Jack is a great kid. His parent discovered his great power and great love of words when he was young. He read all the great books in the house at the age of one. When he was four, he already knew every word in the dictionary.
Having the power to fly faster than light, to lift things as heavy as a building, to bend steel with his strong arms and to travel in time, Super Word Kid fights bad guys for world peace and for the right use of words. 8
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What is a
biography
?
The story of a person’s life written by another person.
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Date today 26/03/2046
Who is Super Word Kid?
Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born
LOCAL NEWS
Super Word Kid is actually a Primary 6 student in disguise! His real name is Jack White.
Born on
Planet Word
, Jack left his home planet when he was a baby. He was raised by Mr and Mrs White on Earth since then.
Jack is a great kid. His parents discovered his great power and great love of words when he was young. He read all the great books in the house at the age of one. When he was four, he already knew every word in the dictionary.
Having the power to fly faster than light, to lift things as heavy as a building, to bend steel with his strong arms and to travel in time, Super Word Kid fights bad guys for world peace and for the right use of words. 10
Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born
Look at the paragraph again.
What can you see?
Jack is a great kid. His parent discovered his great power and great great in the house at the age of one. There are too many ‘great’! The writing is boring. 11
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What should we do to make it more interesting ?
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What are synonyms?
Synonyms are words that have the same, or very similar meaning. They need to be the same part of speech .
Part of speech adjective verb noun adverb Word sad cry child sadly Synonym unhappy weep kid unhappily 13
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How to find a right synonym for the repeated words ?
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1. Look it up in a thesaurus
What is a thesaurus?
It is a book that lists words and their synonyms. definitions synonyms antonyms Dictionary Thesaurus in detail short and simple 15
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Where can you find synonyms?
1. Look up the word in a
Go to Thesaurus.com: http://www.thesaurus.com/ 16
Insert a word in the search box.
Then, press the
Search
button.
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Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born
great
meaning: excellent, skillful This is the list of its synonyms.
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Where can you find synonyms?
2. Look up the word in a
Go to Wordsmyth children's dictionary: http://www.wordsmyth.net/ 19
Choose
Children’s Dictionary
.
Insert a word in the search box.
Then, press the
Go
button.
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Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born We are looking for the first meaning –
great: very large in size
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great
definition 4: very good.
This is the list of its synonyms.
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One thing to note…
Some words have more than one meaning.
We call them
homonyms
.
With different meanings, they have different synonyms.
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great Meaning 1 : very big in size or number Synonyms : big, large, huge… Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Meaning 2 : very important Synonyms : vital, serious Meaning 3: very good Synonyms : wonderful, excellent, cool, super, fantastic Meaning 4:… Meaning 5:… 24
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Can you use any synonyms to replace the word
great
in this sentence?
Peter is a
great
football player.
Meaning 1: great Peter is a big big in size football player.
Meaning 2: great Peter is a serious very important football player.
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Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Peter is a
great
football player.
Meaning 3: great wonderful, excellent, super Peter is a wonderful football player.
The word ‘wonderful’ is stronger and more expressive. Using the right synonym makes you a better writer. 26
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Now you try. Replace the red word with a synonym.
In this sentence,
sick
was very means suffering from an illness; not well .
Peter caught a cold last night. He
sick
.
bad, down, ill, unhealthy
and Let’s look up the word in a dictionary. Go to www.wordsmyth.net
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Now you try. Replace the red word with a synonym.
Peter caught a cold last night. He was very
unwell.
Important: Not all the synonyms can replace a word.
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Can you help Super Word Kid?
His friend, Captain Doggy, is doing homework. Can you help him to rewrite the sentences so that they become more interesting?
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Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born What will I be?
When I am big, I will buy a big house and a big car. Outside the big house, I will plant many big trees and build a big pond in my big garden. There is a word used many times. What is it? Do you think it is good to use the same word over and over again?
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Why use synonyms?
Synonyms are useful in writing.
They can make your writing more interesting and enjoyable.
How do you use them in writing?
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Step 1: Brainstorming
Can you think of any words with similar meaning ?
Big: large huge … 32
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Step 2: Go to thesaurus.com
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Step 3: Look for the right synonyms of the word
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Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born large / gigantic / huge / spacious / roomy / enormous When I am big, I will buy a roomy large house, I will plant many enormous _______ pond in my _______ garden. 35