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
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Odd One Out!
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
beautiful
pretty
ugly
handsome
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Odd One Out!
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
heavy
thin
skinny
slim
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Odd One Out!
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
laugh
weep
cry
sob
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Odd One Out!
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
weep
cry
sob
unhappy
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Who is he?
Let’s read about him!
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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.
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What is a biography?
The story of a person’s life written by
another person.
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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.
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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.
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What should we do to make it
more interesting ?
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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
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How to find a right synonym
for the repeated words ?
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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
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Where can you find synonyms?
1. Look up the word in a thesaurus.
Go to Thesaurus.com:
http://www.thesaurus.com/
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gr
great
grea
gre
Insert a word in the search box.
Then, press the Search button.
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great
meaning: excellent, skillful
This is the list of its synonyms.
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Where can you find synonyms?
2. Look up the word in a dictionary.
Go to Wordsmyth children's dictionary:
http://www.wordsmyth.net/
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gre
grea
great
gr
Choose Children’s Dictionary.
Insert a word in the search box.
Then, press the Go button.
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We are looking for the first meaning –
great: very large in size
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great
definition 4: very good.
This is the list of its synonyms.
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One thing to note…
Some words have more than one
meaning.
We call them homonyms.
With different meanings,
they have different
synonyms.
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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:…
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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.
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Peter is a great football player.
Meaning 3: great  wonderful, excellent, super
Peter is a wonderful football player.
The word ‘wonderful’ is stronger and
more expressive.
Using the right synonym makes you a
better writer.
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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
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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.
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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?
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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?
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Why use synonyms?
Synonyms are useful in writing.
They can make your
writing more interesting
and enjoyable.
How do you use them in writing?
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Step 1: Brainstorming
Can you think of any words with
similar meaning ?
Big:
large
huge
…
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Step 2:
Go to thesaurus.com
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Step 3:
Look for the right synonyms of the word
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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.
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