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Homonyms: Fun Four Yew Two
My two classes have been having a friendly competition. Each class has been collecting homonyms of the sounds-the-same-but-spelled-differently-and-means-different-things variety. We set the end of February as the end of the official competition, but neither class wants to stop collecting. As … Continue reading
Posted in Language
Tagged Education, Frog Hollow School, Homeschooling, homonyms, Language, Seattle, Teaching, Teaching writing, Writing
The Homonym List
Writing about puns got me thinking about homonyms, which made me think of The Homonym List. My little sister was a math kid. She used to put pictures of the math books she had finished in the photo cover of her school … Continue reading
Posted in Exercises, Language
Tagged children, Education, Homeschooling, homonyms, Language, Seattle, Teaching, Teaching writing, vocabulary, wordplay
Very Punny
So I have a soft spot for bad puns. It’s probably why I get along with seven year olds. I’m talking really bad, like why did the golfers wear two pairs of pants? In case they got a hole in … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Ruminations, Uncategorized
Tagged Homeschooling, homonyms, puns, Seattle, teaching English, wordplay
