Letters from the Lighthouse - Session 9 - Word Workshop

The 'Letters from the Lighthouse - session 9 Word Workshop' is an engaging educational activity designed to enhance vocabulary skills among KS2 students. In this workshop, students are given a series of words and tasked with exploring their meanings, uses, and relationships with other words. They are prompted to use each word in a sentence, modify it by adding prefixes or suffixes, changing its form or tense, and to identify both synonyms and antonyms. This interactive approach not only enriches students' understanding of the words but also improves their ability to use them contextually and creatively in writing and conversation.

For example, with the word 'contact', students would determine its part of speech, use it in a sentence, and possibly modify it to 'contacts' or 'contacted'. They would also list synonyms such as 'connection' and antonyms like 'isolation'. Similarly, for the word 'prospect', they would explore its meaning, use it in context, modify it as needed, and find synonyms like 'opportunity' and antonyms such as 'hopelessness'. This methodical exploration of words like 'fidgeted', 'expression', 'bluster', 'abruptly', 'secretive', 'reliable', 'dismissively', 'ventured', 'headstrong', 'clammy', 'grateful', 'hysterical', and 'intrigued' helps students to deepen their linguistic knowledge and fosters a love for the intricacies of the English language.