Exploring Word Patterns and Meanings

Dust can mean “remove dust” but also “add more dust!”

Let’s go beyond merely memorizing word parts and instead analyze across languages. How do other languages make a word the opposite?

Students will note the effects of adding a suffix to a word and then look for counter-examples to those patterns.

What exactly does adding -less do to a word?

Does the antonym of an antonym bring us back to the same meaning?

Plural nouns in English are deliciously fascinating. Yet most plural lessons are so dull! In this experience, students are given a pile of plurals and then inductively create groups and pull out rules and patterns.

So, which is happiest: happy, joyful, or ecstatic? Which is most temporary?