Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born What are Synonyms? Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Before the lesson… let’s play “Odd One Out”! Which word is different from the others? How about the rest? What is in common? pleased happy glad sad 2 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Odd One Out! Which word is different from the others? How about the rest? What is in common? beautiful pretty ugly handsome 3 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Odd One Out! Which word is different from the others? How about the rest? What is in common? heavy thin skinny slim 4 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Odd One Out! Which word is different from the others? How about the rest? What is in common? laugh weep cry sob 5 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Odd One Out! Which word is different from the others? How about the rest? What is in common? weep cry sob unhappy 6 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Who is he? Let’s read about him! 7 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Date today 26/03/2046 Who is Super Word Kid? A story about a person’s life. LOCAL NEWS Super Word Kid is actually a Primary 6 student in disguise! His real name is Jack White. Born on Planet Word, Jack left his home planet when he was a baby. He was raised by Mr. and Mrs. White on Earth since then. Jack is a great kid. His parent discovered his great power and great love of words when he was young. He read all the great books in the house at the age of one. When he was four, he already knew every word in the dictionary. Having the power to fly faster than light, to lift things as heavy as a building, to bend steel with his strong arms and to travel in time, Super Word Kid fights bad guys for world peace and for the right use of words. 8 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born What is a biography? The story of a person’s life written by another person. 9 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Date today 26/03/2046 Who is Super Word Kid? LOCAL NEWS Super Word Kid is actually a Primary 6 student in disguise! His real name is Jack White. Born on Planet Word, Jack left his home planet when he was a baby. He was raised by Mr and Mrs White on Earth since then. Jack is a great kid. His parents discovered his great power and great love of words when he was young. He read all the great books in the house at the age of one. When he was four, he already knew every word in the dictionary. Having the power to fly faster than light, to lift things as heavy as a building, to bend steel with his strong arms and to travel in time, Super Word Kid fights bad guys for world peace and for the right use of words. 10 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Look at the paragraph again. What can you see? Jack is a great kid. His parent discovered his great power and great love of words when he was young. He read all the great books in the house at the age of one. There are too many ‘great’! The writing is boring. 11 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born What should we do to make it more interesting ? 12 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born What are synonyms? Synonyms are words that have the same, or very similar meaning. They need to be the same part of speech. Part of speech Word Synonym adjective sad unhappy verb cry weep noun child kid adverb sadly unhappily 13 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born ow to find a right synonym H for the repeated words ? 14 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born 1. Look it up in a thesaurus What is a thesaurus? It is a book that lists words and their synonyms. definitions Dictionary Thesaurus synonyms antonyms in detail short and simple 15 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Where can you find synonyms? 1. Look up the word in a thesaurus. Go to Thesaurus.com: http://www.thesaurus.com/ 16 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born gr great grea gre Insert a word in the search box. Then, press the Search button. 17 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born great meaning: excellent, skillful This is the list of its synonyms. 18 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Where can you find synonyms? 2. Look up the word in a dictionary. Go to Wordsmyth children's dictionary: http://www.wordsmyth.net/ 19 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born gre grea great gr Choose Children’s Dictionary. Insert a word in the search box. Then, press the Go button. 20 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born We are looking for the first meaning – great: very large in size 21 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born great definition 4: very good. This is the list of its synonyms. 22 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born One thing to note… Some words have more than one meaning. We call them homonyms. With different meanings, they have different synonyms. 23 great Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Meaning 1: very big in size or number Synonyms: big, large, huge… Meaning 2: very important Synonyms: vital, serious Meaning 3: very good Synonyms: wonderful, excellent, cool, super, fantastic Meaning 4:… Meaning 5:… 24 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Can you use any synonyms to replace the word great in this sentence? Peter is a great football player. Meaning 1: great big in size Peter is a big football player. Meaning 2: great very important Peter is a serious football player. 25 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Peter is a great football player. Meaning 3: great wonderful, excellent, super Peter is a wonderful football player. Theword‘wonderful’isstrongerand more expressive. Using the right synonym makes you a better writer. 26 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Now you try. Replace the red word with a synonym. In this sentence, sick means suffering from an illness; not well . Peter caught cold last He So the synonyms of the a word are bad, down,night. ill, unhealthy and unwell. was very sick. Let’s look up the word in a dictionary. Go to www.wordsmyth.net 27 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Now you try. Replace the red word with a synonym. Peter caught a cold last night. down. He was very ill. sick. unwell. Important: Not all the synonyms can replace a word. 28 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Can you help Super Word Kid? His friend, Captain Doggy, is doing homework. Can you help him to rewrite the sentences so that they become more interesting? 29 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born What will I be? When I am big, I will buy a big house and a big car. Outside the big house, I will plant many big trees and build a big pond in my big garden. There is a word used many times. What is it? Do you think it is good to use the same word over and over again? 30 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Why use synonyms? Synonyms are useful in writing. They can make your writing more interesting and enjoyable. How do you use them in writing? 31 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Step 1: Brainstorming Can you think of any words with similar meaning ? Big: large huge … 32 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Step 2: Go to thesaurus.com 33 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born Step 3: Look for the right synonyms of the word 34 Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born large / gigantic / huge / spacious / roomy / enormous When I am big, I will buy a spacious house and a _______ large _______ car. Outside the _______ roomy house, I will plant many enormous _______ trees and build a _______ pond in my _______ gigantic huge garden. 35