Title – Homophones

By – Stephanie

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Grade Level – 1-2

Objective:

Students will be able to define the term homophone and identify homophones within a poem or any reading material with 90% accuracy.

New York City Standards:

E3b Participate in group meetings

E4a Demonstrate a basic understanding of the rules of the English language in written or oral work

Aim:

What is a homophone?

Definition:

Homophones

are words that sound the same, but have different meanings and are spelled differently.

Motivation:

Students will be asked what they think a homophone is. Encourage each student to think of the word homophone as a

compound word

– two whole words put together to form a new word. Ask the students to separate the word.

Homo

– ask students what they think the word “homo” means.

Phone

– ask students what they think the word “phone” means. Since homo and phone are both Greek words, this should be especially easy for students who are familiar with the Greek language. Be sure to inform students that homophone is a word that we use from the Greek language. If students aren’t able to figure out what homo and phone mean, then tell them.

Homo	=	same
Phone	=	sound
Homophones	=	words that sound the same, but have different meanings and are spelled differently