1. Super Word Kid 1 A Superhero Was Born
What are Synonyms?

2. Before the lesson… let’s play “Odd One Out”!
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
pleased
pleased
glad
glad
happy
happy
sad
sad

3. Odd One Out! ugly ugly pretty pretty beautiful beautiful handsome
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
beautiful
beautiful
ugly
ugly
pretty
pretty
handsome
handsome

4. Odd One Out! heavy heavy skinny skinny thin thin slim slim
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
heavy
heavy
skinny
skinny
thin
thin
slim
slim

5. Odd One Out! weep weep laugh laugh cry cry sob sob
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
weep
weep
laugh
laugh
cry
cry
sob
sob

6. Odd One Out! weep weep sob sob cry cry unhappy unhappy
Which word is different from the others?
How about the rest? What is in common?
weep
weep
sob
sob
cry
cry
unhappy
unhappy

7. Who is he? Let’s read about him!

8. A story about a person’s life.
LOCAL NEWS
Date today 26/03/2046
A story about a person’s life.
Who is Super Word Kid?
Super Word Kid is actually a Primary 6 student in disguise! His real name is Jack White.
Born on Planet Word, Jack left his home planet when he was a baby. He was raised by Mr. and Mrs. White on Earth since then.
Jack is a great kid. His parent discovered his great power and great love of words when he was young. He read all the great books in the house at the age of one. When he was four, he already knew every word in the dictionary.
Having the power to fly faster than light, to lift things as heavy as a building, to bend steel with his strong arms and to travel in time, Super Word Kid fights bad guys for world peace and for the right use of words.

9. What is a biography?
The story of a person’s life written by another person.

10. LOCAL NEWS Who is Super Word Kid?
Date today 26/03/2046
Who is Super Word Kid?
Super Word Kid is actually a Primary 6 student in disguise! His real name is Jack White.
Born on Planet Word, Jack left his home planet when he was a baby. He was raised by Mr and Mrs White on Earth since then.
Jack is a great kid. His parents discovered his great power and great love of words when he was young. He read all the great books in the house at the age of one. When he was four, he already knew every word in the dictionary.
Having the power to fly faster than light, to lift things as heavy as a building, to bend steel with his strong arms and to travel in time, Super Word Kid fights bad guys for world peace and for the right use of words.

11. Look at the paragraph again. What can you see?
Jack is a great kid. His parent discovered his great power and great love of words when he was young. He read all the great books in the house at the age of one.
great
great
great
great
There are too many ‘great’!
The writing is boring.

12. What should we do to make it
more interesting ?

13. What are synonyms?
Synonyms are words that have the same, or very similar meaning.
They need to be the same part of speech.
Part of speech
Word
Synonym
adjective
sad
unhappy
verb
cry
weep
noun
child
kid
adverb
sadly
unhappily

14. How to find a right synonym for the repeated words ?

15. 1. Look it up in a thesaurus
What is a thesaurus?
It is a book that lists words and their synonyms.
definitions
synonyms
antonyms
Dictionary
Thesaurus
in detail
short and simple

16. Where can you find synonyms?
1. Look up the word in a thesaurus.
Go to Thesaurus.com:

17. Insert a word in the search box. Then, press the Search button.
great
grea gr g
gre

18. great
meaning: excellent, skillful
This is the list of its synonyms.

19. Where can you find synonyms?
2. Look up the word in a dictionary.
Go to Wordsmyth children's dictionary:

20. Choose Children’s Dictionary. Insert a word in the search box.
gre gr g
grea
great
Choose Children’s Dictionary.
Insert a word in the search box.
Then, press the Go button.

21. great: very large in size
We are looking for the first meaning –
great: very large in size

22. great
definition 4: very good.
This is the list of its synonyms.

23. One thing to note… Some words have more than one meaning.
We call them homonyms.
With different meanings,
they have different
synonyms.

24. great Meaning 1: very big in size or number Synonyms:
big, large, huge…
Meaning 2:
very important
vital, serious
Meaning 3:
very good
wonderful, excellent, cool, super, fantastic
Meaning 4:…
Meaning 5:…

25. Can you use any synonyms to replace the word great in this sentence?
Peter is a great football player.
Meaning 1: great  big in size
Peter is a big football player.
Meaning 2: great  very important
Peter is a serious football player.

26. Peter is a great football player.
Meaning 3: great  wonderful, excellent, super
Peter is a wonderful football player.
The word ‘wonderful’ is stronger and more expressive. Using the right synonym makes you a better writer.

27. Now you try. Replace the red word with a synonym.
In this sentence, sick means suffering from an illness; not well .
So the synonyms of the word are bad, down, ill, unhealthy and unwell.
Peter caught a cold last night. He was very sick.
Let’s look up the word in a dictionary.
Go to

28. Now you try. Replace the red word with a synonym.
Peter caught a cold last night. He was very sick.
unwell.
ill.
down.
Important:
Not all the synonyms can replace a word.

29. Can you help Super Word Kid?
His friend, Captain Doggy, is doing homework.
Can you help him to rewrite the sentences so that they become more interesting?

30. What will I be?
When I am big, I will buy a big house and a big car. Outside the big house, I will plant many big trees and build a big pond in my big garden.
There is a word used many times. What is it?
Do you think it is good to use the same word over and over again?

31. Why use synonyms? Synonyms are useful in writing.
They can make your writing more interesting and enjoyable.
How do you use them in writing?

32. Step 1: Brainstorming
Can you think of any words with similar meaning ?
Big:
large
huge …

33. Step 2: Go to thesaurus.com

34. Step 3: Look for the right synonyms of the word

35. large / gigantic / huge / spacious / roomy / enormous
When I am big, I will buy a _______ house and a _______ car. Outside the _______ house, I will plant many _______ trees and build a _______ pond in my _______ garden.
spacious
large
roomy
enormous
gigantic
huge