LESSONS: English Language Arts/ Word games

Synonym Hunt

Visit the Shining Cloth Web site at: http://shiningcloth.ucdavis.edu
Click on History and read Shining Cloth: Meanings and Materials.

See how many synonyms you can find for the word shiny. Synonyms are different words that have same or similar meanings.

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Haiku

A haiku is a Japanese poem written in verse. A haiku consists of 17 syllables. The syllables are placed in unrhymed lines with 5, 7, and 5 syllables each.

example:

Write a haiku about something shiny.

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