Word Map
Describe the word
What does it do – what is its function?
Where do you find it – where is its location?
What makes it different to other things?
(Important distinctive features )
What is the meaning of this word?
Does it have another meaning?
(homophone/homonym)
Describe the word using your 5
senses
What does it look like?
What does it feel like?
What does it sound like?
What does it smell like?
What does it taste like?
Connected words
Investigate the word
What part of speech is it?
What is it similar to – what are
its synonyms?
What group does it belong to
(superordinate category)?
What is it opposite to – what are
its antonyms?
What types of it can you get
(subordinate categories)?
Can you make new words by
adding something to the start or
end of the word (prefix/suffix)?
Can you put the word in a
sentence?
Adapted from Extended Word Maps VEP (Joffe 2011)
What other words does this
word make you think about?