TITLE OF LESSON:
Pantomiming Homophones
Content Standard(s):
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.E
Use conventional spelling for high-
frequency and other studied words and for
adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting,
smiled, cries, happiness).
Teacher: Young
Grade Level: Third
Subject: Spelling
Fine Arts Standard(s):
TAES3.3 Acting by developing, communicating,
and sustaining roles within a variety of
situations and environments
b. Communicates thoughts, emotions, and
actions of characters through movement
c. Creates and portrays characters based on
imagination d. Collaborates to create
characters and to dramatize ideas
f. Dramatizes literature and original scripts
through various dramatic forms such as story
drama, pantomime, process drama, puppetry,
and readers theatre
g. Applies sensory elements in creating and
portraying characters
Lesson Process:
Two students were asked to create a pantomime to show the definition of the word
homophone. This definition is, homophones are words that sound the same, but are
spelled differently, and mean different things.

The rest of the students are placed into pairs (based on ability) and are given a pair of
homophones.

They will work together to come up with a pantomime to describe their homophone.

Finally, the students will share their pantomimes, and the audience will guess which
homophone spelling is which.

Materials: Key Words/Vocabulary:

Homophones
Bear/Bare
Their/There/Theyre
Sail/Sale
Tail/Tale