Bass, bow, wound, minute, tear, and desert each appear twice on this 5th grade homograph sheet, once for each meaning. Students match twelve sentences to their meanings across two tables. The first answer is done for them: the musician's bass is the instrument. Then they pick bat, fair, or row and write two sentences that show its two meanings. The 3-page activity practices L.5.5.c, and the answer key gives both sets with an example for bat.
L.5.5.c
“Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.”
Both matching tables, where students tell the two meanings of each word apart, and the two-sentence task in Beyond Matching.
Six sentences use bass, bow, and wound. Students match, for example, "He wound the string around the small spool" to "Turned or twisted something tightly around."
Six more sentences use minute, tear, and desert, such as "The scientist found a minute speck of dust."
Students choose bat, fair, or row from the word bank and write two sentences with two completely different meanings.
Say it both ways
Have students read each sentence pair aloud. All six words on the sheet change sound when they change meaning, and hearing it helps.
Heads-up on desert
Desert as a verb catches many students. The loyal soldier sentence needs "To leave or abandon someone in need," not the sandy place.
Extension
Add lead, close, or live and have students write their own sentence pairs in the same two-meaning format.
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