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Mar. 12, 2008

Homophones and Homographs

Homophones and Homographs can be lots of fun.

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spelling.
One example could be Pare and Pair.

A homograph is a word that is spelled different but has the same sound, It also has different meanings. Two examples of homographs are Batter ( The batter in base ball and the batter you use to make cake) or Dressing (salad dressing and getting your clothes on.) Make a list of how many homophones you can think up. Then do one for Homographs.

I have thought up a few homographs and written an explanation for each of the meanings.
You get to guess the words though!

I. If I were in the Army I would need to drill doing this quite a lot. I am also a month of the year. What am I?
II. I am a round fruit. I am also a color. What am I?
III. I get whacked with a hammer and am on your fingers and toes.

I would love to see the list of Homophones and homographs you come up with along with your answers to the activity. So, please comment!

Emily Rose

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Mar. 13, 2008 - Words!

Posted by Anonymous

I hear the birds, who arrived here just yesterday from their warmer home. There, where they basked in the sunshine bright wearing their best-fluffed feathers, they waited to return to my northern world, which was weighted down with snow this winter. I know no more beautiful sound than than their songs, except the sounds of dear friends' voices.

And here I should begin a story of the deer in the meadow and the fawns they will soon be tending. However, for the moment I must go, remaining always respectfully yours,

Hildegard

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Mar. 19, 2008 - A game called Tea Kettle

Posted by Anonymous

I know a fun game called tea kettle that I played once and thought you might like to play it sometime. Here's how to play:

Step 1: (You already did this in your blog) :)
Explain to players that homophones are two words that sound alike but have different meanings, such as "ate" and "eight" or "trunk" (an elephant's) and "trunk" (a type of luggage). You can also use homophones.

Step 2:
Take turns creating sentences that use a pair of homophones/homographs. Instead of saying the actual homophones/homographs in the sentence, insert the word "teakettle" in their places.

Step 3:
Have other players try to figure out what the homophones/homographs are.

Step 4:
Look at this example: "I am going to teakettle some corn when I go teakettle the farm stand." The homophones in this sentence are "buy" and "by."

Step 5:
Go to the next player when the current homophones/homographs are figured out.

Here are some words I thought of: weight/wait, horn (car) / horn (animal), flat (as in flat tire) / flat (an apartment)

Happy Homographing!

Autumn Grace

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Name: Emily Rose Interests: Horses, Cooking, Studying her Bible, Reading, Playing the Piano Age: 11 Something you wish you could do all the time: Be with horses Goals: Learning to play the violin