Recognize the effect of stressed or unstressed syllable to aid in identifying the meaning of multiple meaning words. SPI 0801.1.18

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1. Antonyms - find antonym of words
2. Context is the Key - students use context clues to determine the meaning of a word
3. A Feast of Homonyms - a Quia quiz
4. Homographs - a two person Quia quiz
5. Homonym Practice - a Quia quiz
6. Homonyms Exercises - This section will help you review and strengthen your knowledge of Homonyms. The 30 exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists below
7. Multiple Meaning Words - long list of words to use as writing prompts, students write two sentences for each word using the word as a noun and then as a verb
8. Multiple Meanings Game - lesson plan from Education World, print pairs of cards and have students search for the student matching their word, 6th to 8th grade word list included
9. Say it Another Way - Fill in the blank with a synonym for the missing word.
10. Synonym and Antonym Word Encounters - Level 1 words | Level 2 words | Level 3 words [These expired pages come from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
11. Synonym.com - type a word in the box and find a synonym, or antonym, of the word.
12. Using Context Clues - This section will help you review and strengthen your knowledge of using context clues. The 30 exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists at the site.
13. Using Multiple Meanings - students decide which sentences use a word correctly
14. The Thesaurus - a reference book that lists words and their synonyms - Drag and drop the words to the right thesaurus entry.
15. Word Emphasis - change meaning of sentence by the stress put on words.
16. Word Parts - This section will help you review and strengthen your knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes. For each topic, exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists below. The 87 exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
17. Words with multiple meanings - students fill in the blanks from a word list

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