A homograph is a group of words that are spelled the same way, but have different meanings. They may or may not be pronounced the same way, although the difference in pronunciation is often just a shift in the accented syllable.
Spark your thinking!
1. Set up your language arts mini spark recording page: #9: Homographs
2. Here is a sentence that uses the homograph “dove.” Write the two meanings of the word dove on your recording page.
The dove looked elegant as it dove underneath the tree branch to catch the bug.
Here is a sentence that uses the homograph “bank.”Write the two meanings of the word bank on your recording page.
After swimming at the river bank, we went to the bank to get some money to buy ice cream.
3. Read this article. Write down a 4 of sets of words and the meanings that you think are hard for some kids to remeber.
6. On your recording sheet, build a 2 column form like the game you played in step 5. Use these 5 words. If needed, use a dictionary to help you with your definitions.
minute, coordinates, produce, entrance, down
7. Make an answer key to go along with your definitions.
8. Share your language arts mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.
Check out mini spark which is about heteronyms, homographs that are pronounced differently.
Answer for step 3: 1 & B, 2 & D, 3 & A, 4 & E, 5 & C
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