Connotations - Free Activity Sheets

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Classroom in the Middle
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Grade Levels
4th - 7th
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5 pages
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Description

These two Connotations Activity Sheets provide students a fun way to practice the vocabulary skill of identifying and working with words that have different connotations. One is a color coding activity and the other asks students to generate their own lists of words and rank them by their connotations. Both activities are single page, ready to use printables for middle school or upper elementary students.

With the color coding activity, students identify two words with similar connotations to a given word and then use both in sentences to show the different connotations. A geometric design is provided for students to color in.

The other activity illustrates opposite words on a scale or balance. Students first list additional words with the same basic meaning as each of the opposite terms and them order the words in each group according to the criteria given.

These activities support common core reading and language standards including the reading comprehension standard of determining word meanings and the vocabulary standard of understanding word relationships and word nuances.

Also see these resources for teaching connotations and denotations:

Connotations Task Cards

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Classroom in the Middle

Total Pages
5 pages
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Teaching Duration
1 hour
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

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