Curated OER
Nym Family
List and identify words for each part of the "Nym" family: synonyms, antonyms and homonyms. Middle schoolers place words in the correct category, then find the corresponding mate in a dictionary or thesaurus.
Curated OER
Vocabulary Lesson Sequence
Students illustrate new words. In this vocabulary lesson, students learn new vocabulary words and their definitions and draw pictures to illustrate their meaning. Students complete a variety of other vocabulary activities including word...
Curated OER
THE DATING GAME II
In this online interactive word relationships worksheet, students examine 20 pairs of words and reveal whether each pair functions as synonym or antonym.
Curated OER
THE DATING GAME VI
In this online interactive word relationships worksheet, students examine 20 pairs of words and reveal whether each pair functions as synonym or antonym.
Curated OER
Beginning Analogies 10
In this analogies worksheet, students read the pairs of words and select the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair. Students complete 12 examples.
Curated OER
Beginning Analogies 9
In this analogies worksheet, students read the word pairs and choose the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair.
Curated OER
Beginning Analogies
In this analogies worksheet, students read the pairs of words and choose the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair. Students complete 12 examples.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understanding New Vocabulary Within Context
Learn how to find the meanings of words through analogy and other word relationships.
Other
National Center on Intensive Intervention: Identify and Sort Common Objects
This individual or small group activity helps teach the common core standard of sorting common objects into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent. Materials and detailed instructions are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Antonyms and Synonyms Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students learn about synonyms and antonyms through physical activity. The teacher calls out a series of commands. First, the students perform the synonyms (the same as the movement called out) and then they go through the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Responding to Comparison/contrast: Word Splash Sentences [Pdf]
In this PDF comparison/contrast lesson plan, students learn a word splash writing activity which asks students to craft meaningful sentences that utilize content vocabulary words. Students-alone or in groups-examine a collection of...
Quia
Quia: Analogies Jeopardy
Play a Jeopardy-type game to test your skill at understanding analogies or word relationships. The game can be played by one or two players.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Extraordinary Elephants
Determine which word is the synonym of the given word then choose it to feed the elephant.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Context Clues and Analogies (English Ii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn to find the meaning of words through analogy and other word relationships. L.9-10.5 Fig Lang/nuances
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Practicing Science Vocabulary
In this lesson, 6th graders play a compare and contrast game and Pictionary to practice their science vocabulary.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Analogies: Find the Appropriate Match
Twenty analogies providing three words and asking students to think of the fourth. Answers can be checked and compared to the suggestions provided.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Word Relationships
Fifteen analogies for students to complete. Answers are available for students to check their work.
Quia
Quia: Tracy Boyd
An interactive Jeopardy game for one or two players where students complete analogies in order to win points. The more difficult the analogy, the more points can be earned.
Quia
Quia: Analogies
Complete fifteen sentence analogies by choosing the answer that best completes the word relationships. Submit answers when finished to see how many are correct.
Quia
Quia: Simile, Metaphor, or Personification?
Twenty sentence analogies for students to complete by choosing the word that correctly shows the relationships. Correct answers are given for any missed, and the score is tallied throughout the exercise.
Quia
Quia: Vocab/word Knowledge: Awesome Analogies!
A one or two-player Jeopardy style game to play while learning to identify word relationships. Students complete each questions by typing the correct word to complete each analogy. The game can be played alone or with an opponent.
Quia
Quia: Who Wants to Be an Analogy Word Master?
An interactive game where students read a pair of words and then choose another pair of words that show the same relationship. Students can complete fifteen analogies in order to win the game, and three hints are available if needed. If...
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Which Word: Middle School Analogies
Complete each of the ten analogies by choosing the word that matches the relationship between the first two words.
English Zone
English Zone: Unless / Only if 1
A five-sentence exercise where students are asked to choose "unless" or "only if" to complete each sentence. Students can check their answers when finished to see which are correct and incorrect and to see a percentage score for the...