---
title: Same but Different
description: Students will learn about homographs and create their own comics to illustrate common homographs.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/same_but_different-001.png
---

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

**Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins**

**Topic: Homographs**

**Grade Level: 5**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.C](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)

**Brief Description:**  Students will learn about homographs and create their own comics to illustrate common homographs.

**Know Before You Start:** This is an introductory lesson about homographs.

**Comic 1**

**Comic 2**

**Hook:**

- Read and discuss sample **Comic 1**.
  
    - How was the word “bat” used differently in each panel?
    - What context clues helped you determine the meanings of both words?
    - How did the comic help illustrate the meanings of both words? 
- Share sample **Comic 2** with the class. 
- Ask students to discuss with a partner the meanings of the word “waves” as used in the comic.
  
    - What context clues were used to determine the meanings of the words? 
- Explain to students that sometimes homographs have different pronunciations as well, e.g., moped, evening, bass, etc.
- Have students brainstorm other homographs.

**Activity:**

- Print and cut apart the homograph pairs provided or create your own. 
- Place the cards in a container. 
- Ask students to pull a homograph card from the container and illustrate the pair of homographs in a comic.

**Closure:**

- Project and share the completed comics. 
- Discuss how context clues are used to determine the meaning of both words.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Provide students with a printed copy of the sample comic.
- Provide students with sentence frames as needed. 
- Allow students to choose their own homographs to illustrate in their comic.

**Resources:**

- Comics to print or display: [Comic 1](https://share.pixton.com/q9hrfga), [Comic 2](https://share.pixton.com/q9hwh8b).
- [Homograph Cards](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XMsmt79FCJkqhMIWmkKtiL5oqCEOUxA1KNe6GxEouUE/copy).

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