Working With Words

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Working With Words

• Week 18
• Suffix ly, -ness
• Prefix un-
• Synonyms and antonyms
• homophones

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This weeks WWWs are

• winner
• won
• unhappiness
• usually
• new

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Put this weeks WWW in ABC order

• new
• unhappiness
• usually
• winner
• won

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What are homophones?

• Homophones are words that sound the same, are
  spelled differently, and have different meanings.
• What is this weeks homophone?
• new
• What is its homophone pair?
• knew

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What is a synonym?

• synonyms are words that have similar meanings
• cold-frigid
• silly-goofy
• weak-wimpy
• dumb-ignorant
• pretty-beautiful

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What is an antonym?

• antonyms are words that have opposite meanings
• hot-cold
• loud-quiet
• big-small
• old-young
• weird-normal

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Try these

• http//www.syvum.com/cgi/online/fillin.cgi/kesl2/k
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• http//www.syvum.com/cgi/online/fillin.cgi/kesl2/k
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What suffixes are we studying this week?
-ly and -ness What does suffix
ly do to most words? suffix ly makes most words
into adverbs What does suffix ness do to most
words? suffix ness makes most words into nouns
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What prefix are we studying this week?

• un-
• Which of this weeks www has this suffix?
• unhappiness
• What does suffix un- mean?
• not

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Practice

• http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure
  /grammar3.htm
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/skillswise/mod_quizz
  es/words/spelling/wordbuilding/prefixes/quizengine
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  pepagespagerData1
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/skillswise/mod_quizz
  es/words/spelling/wordbuilding/suffixes/quizengine
  ?quizsimplequiz1templateStylesimplequizpagerTy
  pepagespagerData1

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• The end!
• Thats it!
• No more!
• Finished!
• Complete!
• Hooray!