Homographs Game

By Juanita Ortega

Directions:
1.
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3.

Students are put in pairs.

Each student is assigned a set of photos that corresponds to the same word.
The words are placed around the room in order to allow students to get up
during class to match the photos and words. (Signs for words provided at the
end of the slides)
4. Students tape the pictures to the words that correspond to them and then
proceed to walk around to learn new homophones.
5. Students will talk with a partner to describe what they learned.
6. Students will share an explanation of homophones in their own words.
To make the game harder hand out the pictures at random

Dice

to cut (food) into small cubes

a PAIR of small cubes that is made of

plastic, wood, etc., that has one to six dots
on each side, and that is used usually in
pairs in various games

Die

to stop living

ONE small cube that is made of plastic,

wood, etc., that has one to six dots on
each side, and that is used usually in pairs
in various games

Back

Bat

close

near in space : not far away or distant

to move (a door, window, etc.) so that things
cannot pass through an opening

Contest

to say that you do not agree with or

accept (something)

Lead

to guide on a way especially by going in advance

a heavy soft gray metallic element
that is easily bent and shaped
HINT: This was found in the water in
Flint, Michigan.

Match

to make or see a connection or relationship

between (two people or things)

Minute

very small

a unit of time equal to 60 seconds : one 60th

of an hour

Nail

the hard covering at the end of a

finger or toe

Offense

the state of being insulted or morally

outraged

the means or method of attacking or of

attempting to score

Overlook

to fail to see or notice

a place from which one may look

down on a scene below

rebel

to oppose or disobey one in authority or

control
to refuse to obey rules or accept
normal standards of behavior, dress,
etc.

Rock

a mass of stone

to move (someone or
something) back and forth
or from side to side

DIE

DICE

BACK

BAT

CLOSE

CONTEST

LEAD

MATCH

MINUTE

NAIL

OFFENSE

OVERLOOK

REBEL

ROCK