Course Sample for Our Navigating the World of Research Homeschool Language Arts Course
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Navigating the World of Research
By Margaret Grimm
Week 1: Resource – Dictionary and Thesaurus
Day 1: Dictionary – in print
What is a dictionary? A dictionary word entry may provide:
- Spellings and variations in spellings
- Parts of speech
- Pronunciations
- Meanings
- History
- Usage
- Options for if capitalized or hyphenated or word divisions
- Cross-references
- Multiple spellings used
- Explanations of abbreviations and symbols
- Homographs (words with same spelling but different meanings or parts of speech)
What do you need to know to use a dictionary?
- Alphabetical order: At the top of each page in the dictionary are two guide words. These guide words indicate what words alphabetically are contained on that page.
- Root words
Day 1: Practice
- Which of the following words would you find on a page with goose and gosh as guide words?
geese giggle gorp goose egg go over Gorgonzola gossip GOP
- What is the root word of eclipsing?
- How many parts of speech does the word American have?
- What does the abbreviation ca stand for?
- What does the chemical symbol Fe stand for?
- What is another spelling for the word favour? Find another spelling for pollywog?
- Is a hyphen used in the compound word year round?
- What is the history behind the word yabber?
- How is the term Sunday punch used?
- Use the word sulk as a noun appropriately in a sentence.