Cracking the Code of Online Words

PrimaryYear 3 - 4EnglishGrammar and SpellingHealth and Physical EducationHealthSocialOnline safetyEconomicTechnology

Lesson Summary

Students will participate in a series of mini challenges that help them develop an understanding of polysemic words and how a word’s meaning can change depending on the context. Using the 4Cs (content, contact, conduct, and compulsion), students will explore how the meaning of each of these words changes when applied to offline and online interactions and compare and contrast the two using real-life scenarios.

Learning intentions

Students will:

explore how context changes a word's meaning.

Success criteria

Students can:

demonstrate how context impacts a word's meaning
explain contact, conduct, compulsion and content in an online context.

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Cracking the Code of Online Words

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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