Transcript Working With Words - West Clark Community Schools

Working With Words
Suffix –ly, -ness
Prefix unSynonyms and antonyms
homophones
This week’s WWWs are…
winner
won
unhappiness
usually
new
Put this week’s WWW in ABC
order…
new
unhappiness
usually
winner
won
What are homophones?
Homophones are words that sound the
same, are spelled differently, and have
different meanings.
What is this week’s homophone?
new
What is its homophone pair?
knew
Click here to play homophone Jeopardy or
other games
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What is a synonym?
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synonyms are words that have similar
meanings
cold-frigid
silly-goofy
weak-wimpy
dumb-ignorant
pretty-beautiful
Click here to play some synonym games.
What is an antonym?
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antonyms are words that have opposite
meanings
hot-cold
loud-quiet
big-small
old-young
weird-normal
Click here to play some antonym games
Try these…
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http://www.syvum.com/cgi/online/fillin.cgi/k
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What suffixes are we studying this
week?
-ly
and
-ness
What does suffix –ly do to most words?
suffix –ly makes most words into adverbs
What does suffix –ness do to most words?
suffix –ness makes most words into nouns
What prefix are we studying this
week?
unWhich of this week’s www has this
suffix?
unhappiness
What does suffix un- mean?
not
Practice…
Click here to practice with some on-line suffix
games
The end!
That’s it!
No more!
Finished!
Complete!
Hooray!