Synonyms Task Cards – Semantics Task Cards
Description
This colourful set of 32 Synonym Tasks Cards helps students understand words’ meanings and how words function in sentences. Print and laminate these semantic task cards for regular use!
This set of 32 Synonym Tasks Cards features:
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The first 12 task cards require students to choose the correct synonym for the underlined word.
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The next 12 task cards involves finding the odd one out – which word is not a synonym?
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The final 8 task cards involve defining the underlined word to show an understanding of prefixes.
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Student recording sheet
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Answers
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Synonym definition poster
Why Teach Synonyms and other aspects of Semantics?
The meanings of words and the relationships of words are referred to as semantics. A reader’s breadth and depth of vocabulary contributes to reading achievement.
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As the primary goals of reading and writing are determining and communicating meaning, it is important for students to understand the meanings of words and how words function in sentences.
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As the majority of words in English have multiple meanings or shades of meaning, it is necessary for the reader to be flexible in determining the author’s intended meaning of a word within a sentence.
