Assignment 2.7 Word Chains was not only a fun assignment, but also it was a very advantageous one. This activity was designed to show how the thesaurus on word processors can be used to make connections between words and their synonyms.
First, you type in a word and then you use the thesaurus to find a synonym. Then you highlight a synonym and find another synonym for it. You do this to create a list of several words. The word you begin with and the synonym you end up with sometimes have a peculiar connection. The example given in the acitivity began with the word curious and ended with the word intelligent. I started with the word diligent and ended up with the synonym brilliant.
I plan to use this activity with my students when they finish a techhnology assignment on their laptops. I feel they would benefit from this short assignment and they would be able to complete it in a short period of time. The thesaurus is a useful tool for them to learn and it will be fun for them to choose words and make comparisons between the word they started with and the one they ended with. I am also going to share this activity with my fellow teachers as well.
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