How do you teach words with multiple meanings?
How should I teach or target multiple meaning words?
- Find/point to the multiple meaning word given a definition.
- Identify the multiple meaning word in a joke.
- Highlight the multiple meaning word in a sentence.
- Find and highlight multiple meaning words in a text.
- Identify the correct definition given a set of definitions.
How do you teach the word meaning?
Effective vocabulary teaching has five key principles.
- Focus on rich meanings, not just dictionary definitions. …
- Emphasize the connections among words. …
- Promote usage of the words. …
- Review is important. …
- Involve students in identifying some of the words to be studied.