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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 glad
happy sad
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Odd One Out!


Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?

beautiful ugly
pretty handsome
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Odd One Out!


Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?

heavy skinny
thin slim
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Odd One Out!


Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?

weep laugh
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 sob
cry unhappy
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Who is he?
Let’s read about him!

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Date today 26/03/2046 LOCAL NEWS


Super Word Kid is actually a Primary 6
Who is Super Word Kid? 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
A story about Mr. and Mrs. White on Earth since then.
Jack is a great kid. His parent discovered
a person’s life. 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 LOCAL NEWS


Super Word Kid is actually a Primary 6
Who is Super Word Kid? 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 synonyms antonyms

Dictionary
in detail

Thesaurus
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
So the synonyms of the a cold
word last
are bad, down,night. He
ill, unhealthy and

was very sick.


unwell.

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.
He was very ill.
down.
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
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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
_______
huge pond in my _______
gigantic
garden. 35

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