Subject: ELA (English Language Arts), ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins
Topic: Multiple-Meaning Words
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Standards / Framework:
Brief Description: Students will learn about and practice multiple-meaning words in comic book style.
Know Before You Start: This lesson can serve as an introduction or review of multiple-meaning words.
Hook: Read and discuss the first two panels of the sample comic. Explain that the word wave can mean more than one thing.
- What does the word wave mean in each sentence?
- Can they think of any other words that have multiple meanings?
Activity:
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Read through the comic in order to figure out the meanings of multiple-meaning words. This can be done on paper independently, with a partner, or as a whole class.
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Extension: Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create their own multiple-meaning word comics. The funnier the multiple-meaning, the better.
Closure:
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Discuss the importance of understanding words with more than one meaning.
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Ask students to look out for multiple-meaning words while they are independently reading.
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Throughout the week, introduce one to two words a day that have multiple meanings to reinforce what they’ve learned.
Differentiation: Adapt this lesson by using more complex or simple sentences as needed.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
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