Verbal irony and puns in context

Introduction to connotations and denotations

Shades of meaning: Closely related verbs and adjectives

Sort common objects into categories

Shades of meaning: States of mind & degrees of certainty

Practice with more Greek and Latin affixes and roots

Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues

Greek & Latin affixes/ roots as clues to the meaning of words

Real-life connections between words and their use

Define words by category and key attributes

Multiple meaning words: bark, bat, play, sink

Determining meaning through context

Vocabulary in context

Act out verbs with shades of meaning

Literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases in context

Add affixes to known words

Using root words as clues to the meaning of unknown words

Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs