Warm Up: Diagram the following sentences. 1. Beth and Kelly read very slowly. 2. My black cat plays...
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Warm Up: Diagram the Warm Up: Diagram the following sentences. following sentences. • 1. Beth and Kelly read very slowly. • 2. My black cat plays and sleeps constantly. • 3. The new mother ironed, baked and cooked. • 4. Stay or go. • 5. The little boy and the new neighbor joked and laughed all day.
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Warm Up: Diagram the following Warm Up: Diagram the following sentences.sentences.
• 1. Beth and Kelly read very slowly.• 2. My black cat plays and sleeps constantly.• 3. The new mother ironed, baked and
cooked.• 4. Stay or go.• 5. The little boy and the new neighbor
joked and laughed all day.
What is a What is a homophonehomophone??
Homophone Song
What do you think thedefinition of a homophone is?
Write the definition in your Write the definition in your notebook.notebook.
Homophone- a word pronounced the same as another word but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not.
Example: heir and air
Activity 1Activity 1
• Select homophones from the list you are given.• With your partner create a skit using the words
correctly in a sentence and showing what each word means. You should hold up a sign to show the spelling of each word when you use it.
Example: Skit 1- Two students walking toward each other and
one says, “Hi, I am so happy to meetmeet you today.Skit 2- Two people are at the grocery store discussing
buying meatmeat to cook for dinner…”Hmmm. Should we buy steak, pork chops, or chicken.”
Activity 2Activity 2
Draw two cartoons to illustrate the homophones used in your skit. Each cartoon should have correctly spelled homophones and at least 1 sentence with the homophone used correctly.
The boardboard of education met yesterday.I am bored with education.
I just want to bebe myself. I want to beebee myself for Halloween.
I hit the pausepause button on the VCR. My cat wants a paws paws button of his own.
All comics from http://www.graphicdesignblog.org
Scoring Guide: • 0 = Never • 1 = Minimal • 2 = Adequate • 3 = Outstanding
Elements of Comic Strip • The illustrations in the comic strip appropriately depict the assigned homophone.
• The assigned homophone is spelled correctly throughout the comic strip.
• A complete sentence is given with the homophone used correctly in context.
• Overall, the students’ understanding of the homophone and its meaning is evident in the comic strip.
