This week, we are again looking at synonyms and antonyms. Can you - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

This week, we are again looking at synonyms and antonyms. Can you remember what synonyms and antonyms are? A synonym is a An antonym is a word that has the word that has the synonym antonym same (or nearly opposite meaning the same) meaning to another word. as another word.

This week, we are again looking at synonyms and antonyms relating to size. How many ‘small’ and ‘large’ synonyms can you think of? Work with a partner to list as many as you can before the timer ends (you have five minutes). Start

Here are your spelling words for this week. immense How many of these did you • vast write on your list? gigantic How are the words related • gargantuan as synonyms and antonyms? mammoth miniature • Could you order these size words on your whiteboards miniscule from smallest to largest? Is insignificant there a right or wrong answer? microscopic petite

Let’s spin the spinner! Work with your partner to write a sentence that contains a size synonym/antonym on your whiteboards. Could your sentence also contain a modal verb or Reveal Challenge adverb of possibility? Spin

Let’s spin the spinner! Work with your partner to write a sentence that contains a size synonym/antonym on your whiteboards. Could your sentence begin Reveal Challenge with a fronted adverbial? Spin

Let’s spin the spinner! Work with your partner to write a sentence that contains a size synonym/antonym on your whiteboards. Could your sentence be Reveal Challenge written in the passive voice? Spin

Let’s spin the spinner! Work with your partner to write a sentence that contains a size synonym/antonym on your whiteboards. Could your sentence include a word with a Reveal Challenge possessive apostrophe? Spin

Let’s spin the spinner! Work with your partner to write a sentence that contains a size synonym/antonym on your whiteboards. Could your sentence use ‘before’ as a subordinating Reveal Challenge conjunction? Spin

Here are your spelling words for this week. immense Work hard to practise these size synonyms and antonyms. vast gigantic gargantuan mammoth miniature miniscule insignificant microscopic petite