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    Multiple-Meaning Words

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    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 explore multiple-meaning words.

    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:

    • Read the sample comic to determine the meanings of multiple-meaning words. 

    • Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create their own multiple-meaning word comics. 

    Closure:

    • Discuss the importance of understanding words with more than one meaning. 

    • Encourage students to look for multiple-meaning words while they are reading independently. 

    • Throughout the week, introduce one-to-two words a day that have multiple meanings to reinforce what they’ve learned.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
    • Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
    • Adapt this lesson by using more or less complex sentences as needed.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display: Comic.

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