Turn skills practice into a game of Bingo! Scholars listen to words and locate their synonyms on their Bingo cards. The first play to fill their card wins.

After matching 13 words with a list of synonyms, kids craft a short paragraph about the circus using the provided synonyms.

Practice identifying adjectives and using synonyms with one exercise! Learners find the adjective in each sentence and replace it with a synonym from the word bank when they rewrite the sentence.

Match words to their synonyms and antonyms with a card flip game. Kids turn over two cards on their turn and determine if they are synonyms or antonyms; if not, they replace the cards and try again.

Examine and distinguish between words that have similar definitions but different connotations. Middle schoolers define connotation and denotation and participate in a "shades of meaning" contest in small groups. Groups use the...

Easy or hard? Fast or slow? Invite your class members to practice with antonyms. They identify each adjective and then use provided antonyms to rewrite the sentences.

What's happening in this poem? Have your high schoolers participate in an activity about connotation and denotation. They apply the concept of connotation to a reading of Theodore Roethke's poem "My Papa's Waltz." Lead a discussion about...

If you need to brush up on antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms check out this game. Practice identifying these three tricky types of words by matching the identified words on the frog with the words on the correct flies.