---
title: Opposites Attract!
description: Students will deepen their understanding of current vocabulary terms by exploring antonyms.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/opposites_attract_-001.png
---

**Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)**

**Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins**

**Topic: Antonyms**

**Grade Level: 4**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.C](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)

**Brief Description:**  Students will deepen their understanding of current vocabulary terms by exploring antonyms.

**Know Before You Start:** Students will need a basic understanding of antonyms prior to starting the lesson. Prior to the lesson, choose three-to-five selected vocabulary words from current lessons. The terms must be words that have opposites.

**Comic 1**

**Comic 2**

**Hook:**

- Read and discuss sample **Comic 1** with the class.
  
    - How does the comic demonstrate the word **ancient** and the word **modern**, its opposite?
    - How does recognizing the antonym of a word help us better understand the meaning of a word?
- Share sample **Comic 2** with the class.
- Ask students to think of words and their antonyms and share with a partner.

**Activity:**

- Use three-to-five vocabulary words from a current lesson.
- Using the sample comics as a guide, have students create a two-panel comic to illustrate their understanding of the vocabulary word and its opposite meaning.

**Closure:**

- Display the completed comics.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Provide a list of vocabulary words and their opposites.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

**Resources:**

- Comics to print or display: [Comic 1](https://share.pixton.com/q9h8l3d),  [Comic 2](https://share.pixton.com/q9hgcga).

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- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1823352441442304000/thumbnail.png) Ancient Greece ](https://content.pixton.com/ancient-greece)

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