The document outlines a 10th grade English lesson on antonyms and synonyms. It defines synonyms as words with similar meanings and antonyms as opposite words. The lesson provides categories of antonyms including graded, complementary, and relational antonyms and gives examples of word pairs that fall into each category.

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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 10th
Fecha: 22 to 28 -04 Periodo: II Nº Hor: 6hr Semana: 2
Tema: Antonyms and synonyms
Indicador Students will be able to apply in context antonyms and synonyms
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Exploración How can knowing synonyms and antonyms help you when
reading?
Contextualización
Conceptualización
Synonyms are words which have a similar meaning to each other.
Antonyms are more commonly known as opposites. They are
EMOCIÓN
words which have an opposite meaning to each other.

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Producción
Categories of Antonyms
There are three categories of antonyms:
Graded antonyms deal with levels of the meaning of the words,
like if something is not “good”, is may still not be “bad.” There is a
scale involved with some words, and besides good and bad there
can be average, fair, excellent, terrible, poor, or satisfactory.
Examples include:
 Fat and skinny
 Young and old
 Happy and sad
 Hard and soft
 Last and first
 Foolish and wise
Complementary antonyms have a relationship where there is no
middle ground. There are only two possibilities, either one or the
other.
Examples include:
 Man and woman
 Push and pull
 Dead and alive
 Off and on
 Day and night
 Absent and present
 Exit and entrance
Relational antonyms are sometimes considered a subcategory of
complementary antonyms. With these pairs, for there to be a
relationship, both must exist.
Examples are:
 Husband and wife
 Doctor and patient
 Buy and sell
ACCIÓN
 Predator and prey
 Above and below
 Give and receive

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 Teach and learn
 Instructor and pupil
 Servant and master
 Borrow and lend
Modelación
Synonyms or antonyms? Write how each set of words are
related. If you are unsure, look up the words to
determine their meaning.
1. wisdom, 2. wonderful, 3. boisterous,
judgment marvelous orderly
_______________ _______________ _______________
___ ___ ___
5. 6. expedite, hinder 7. unselfish, selfish
incommensurate, _______________ _______________
equal ___ ___
_______________
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READ THE PARAGRAPHS. WRITE A SYNONYM OR AN ANTONYM FOR THE
UNDERLINED WORD IN THE SPACE PROVIDED.
Anette had been 1. ill for a week. The day she returned, class had already
2.begun. She was 3.late because she had to stop at the office on her way to the
classroom.
Anette had missed an 4. Examination. Mr. Castellanos sent her to a desk in the
5.rear of the room to make it up. There was 6. Nobody at the desk to the right of
Annette’s, but Roland was sitting in the desk to the 7. Right.
The teacher told the students to be 8.quiet until Annette had finished the
examination. When the class 9.left for recess, Anette stayed behind to 10.finish
EVALUACION
the examination. The examination was not 11.difficult. Annette was sure all her
answers were 12. Correct.
FROM 1 TO 6. WRITE SYNONYMS
FROM 7 TO 12 WRITE ANTONYMS.

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Bibliografía
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