The Falcon's Malteser - Session 7 - Word Workshop

The "Word Workshop" from "The Falcon's Malteser - session 7" is a comprehensive activity designed to enhance vocabulary skills in KS2 students. This educational exercise allows children to explore various aspects of a word, including its meaning, usage in a sentence, and modification through prefixes, suffixes, and changes in tense. The workshop also encourages the identification of synonyms and antonyms, providing a robust approach to language learning. Each word is analysed for its class, and students are prompted to think critically about its various applications and opposites, fostering a deeper understanding of English vocabulary.

Words such as "opportunity", "respects", "recommended", and "weird" are dissected to reveal their nuances and relationships with other words. For instance, students might learn to modify "opportunity" into "opportunities" for its plural form, or explore how "recommended" can be changed to "recommending" to reflect a different tense. Synonyms like "chance" for "opportunity" or "esteemed" for "respects" expand the students' lexicon, while antonyms provide contrast and context, such as "obligation" being the opposite of "opportunity". Through this workshop, students gain a richer vocabulary and an adaptable skill set for word usage, crucial for their development in English language proficiency.