Happy Monday, 6th Grade!! I hope you all had a great weekend!
Today, we are going to continue working with Word Connotations. Remember, last week we said author's use different words to help with the tone of their piece. A connotation gives a word a feeling. We looked at common words last week to help us understand the concept.
Take a look at the example below. If you were on our Zoom chat, just read through this example. If you were not, write this example down and then go through the PowerPoint that is attached!
Example: House Dump Home
We agreed that House has a neutral connotation. (No good or bad feelings come from it.)
Dump has a negative meaning. (It does not make us feel good to say that we live in a dump.)
Home has a positive meaning. (It makes us feel better talking about our house as a home.
Today, we are going to continue working with Word Connotations. Remember, last week we said author's use different words to help with the tone of their piece. A connotation gives a word a feeling. We looked at common words last week to help us understand the concept.
Take a look at the example below. If you were on our Zoom chat, just read through this example. If you were not, write this example down and then go through the PowerPoint that is attached!
Example: House Dump Home
We agreed that House has a neutral connotation. (No good or bad feelings come from it.)
Dump has a negative meaning. (It does not make us feel good to say that we live in a dump.)
Home has a positive meaning. (It makes us feel better talking about our house as a home.
word_connotations.pptx |
Now, we are going to connect Word Connotations to our article, 'Football vs. Futbol'. Using the words we defined through our schema and context clues last week, we are now going to label the words: Neutral, Positive, or Negative.