Clines

Clines are gradients used for

teaching gradations of meaning.
Words are spaced along the
gradient, for example, words to
describe temperature, such as
tepid, hot, boiling, cool, cold,
warm, chilly, and freezing.
Purpose
A cline task can be used to
explicitly teach measurement
vocabulary. This could happen at
the beginning of a unit of work on
measurement so that students
know and understand the
vocabulary and can fully
participate in the learning.
Suggested vocabulary to use

Short, shorter, shortest; long, longer,

longest (length)
Or: millimetre, centimetre, metre,
kilometre
Or: gram, kilogram, tonne (weight)
Or: millisecond, second, minute,
hour, day, week, month, year, decade,
century (time)
Cline Activity
Directions: Arrange the
given words in cline.
1. jubilant, joyful, happy, ecstatic, cheerful
2. chilly, freezing, cold
3. shallow, flat, fathomless, deep
4. sometimes, regularly, unlikely, perhaps,
often, always
5. warm, sweltering, hot, mild, boiling,
6. huge, tiny, gigantic, small, big,
7. awesome, amazing, excellent,
fabulous
8. sociable, friendly, gregarious,
outgoing
9. yelled, called, screamed,
shouted, shrieked
10.Small,medium,large
Answer!
1.Happy,cheerful,joyful,ecstatic,jubilant
2.Chilly,cold,freezing
3.Flat,shallow,deep,fathomless
4.Unlikely,perhaps,sometimes,often,regularly,
always
5.Mild,warm,hot,boiling,sweltering
6.Tiny,small,big,huge,gigantic
7.Excellent,amazing,fabulous,awesome
8.Friendly,sociable,outgoing,gregarious
9.Called,shouted,yelled,screamed,shrieked
10.Small,medium,large