Homophones and Homographs

What is a homophone? 

• Words that are spelled the exact same 
• Words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and have different meanings
• Words that sound different and are spelled differently 
• No idea

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CCSS.RI.6.4

What is a homograph?

• are words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations.

• are words that are spelled the same, have the same pronunciations, and mean the same thing

• are words that sound the same

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the term "their" mean? 

• adverb meaning location
• possessive pronoun meaning ownership
• a contraction short for "they are" 

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.6.4D

Select the correct homophone.
(Theirs/There's) not going to be school on President's day! 

• Theirs
• There's

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CCSS.L.6.4A

Select the correct homophone.
I have very little (patience/patients) when students do not follow directions. 

• patience
• patients

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CCSS.L.6.4A

What is NOT an example of a homograph?

• does, does

• wind, wind

• live, live

• or, oar

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word completes the blank in the following sentence?

The coyote chased the ________

• deer

• dear

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The word ring in the following two sentences is considered what?

She wore a ruby ring.

We heard the doorbell ring.

• homophone

• homograph

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The word bark in the following sentences is an example of what?

The dogs bark a lot.

I scraped my hand on a piece of tree bark.

• homograph

• homophone

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word completes the following sentence?

I need a cup of __________ to make a cake.

• flower

• flour

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CCSS.L.6.4A