_ _ _ _ _ _rus

What Kind of Creature Am I?

_ _ _ _ _ urus

I am usually quite BIG!

_ _ e _ _urus

You might be afraid of me, but you NEED me!

_ _ e _ aurus

I can make whatever you say sound more

interesting!

_ he _ aurus

Sometimes I get confused with a similar creature.

_ hesaurus

I am all about Mean….meaning, that is!

Thesaurus!

I’m a………

And I really look like this…

I am full of synonyms.

Synonyms are words with the same meanings

Yep, it is large.

Large!? Its huge!

Its not huge, its tremendous!

That wart is big.

Why do you need a thesaurs is you already know how to spell a word and what it means?

MadLibs Activity

1. Complete your MadlLibs “Dinner Out” worksheet using words from the WordBank or your own.

2. Find each of your completed words in the Thesaurus.

3. Review and find another word for the one you chose.

4. On the back side of your activity sheet, complete the MadLib using your words from the Thesaurus.

MadLibs WordBank

Adjectives: describing words

good great bad neat

messy clean cute ugly

blue (or any color) nice big

small hard soft

Nouns: things, animals, people,

places

dog cat duck shoe sofa

Verbs: action words

move run jump give throw

eat scream grow

Review

Offer 4 choices of best resource for dictionary, thesaurus, ency. And atlas.