Tom's Midnight Garden - Chapters 3 and 4 - Word Workshop

The 'Word Workshop' for chapters 3 and 4 of "Tom's Midnight Garden" is an educational activity designed to enhance vocabulary skills. It prompts students to explore the meanings, usage, and linguistic variations of selected words. For example, 'illumination' could be used in a sentence such as "The illumination from the streetlight cast long shadows on the pavement." To modify it, one might add a prefix to create 'preillumination' or a suffix to make 'illuminations' if referring to multiple instances. Synonyms could include 'lighting' or 'brightness', while antonyms could be 'darkness' or 'obscurity'.

Another word, 'convenient', might be used in a sentence like "The shop's location was very convenient for local residents." In terms of modification, adding a suffix could turn it into 'convenience', whereas a prefix could produce 'inconvenient', which also serves as its antonym. Synonyms for 'convenient' include 'handy' and 'accessible'. The workshop exercises continue in this manner, encouraging students to think critically about words such as 'indignation', 'deceived', and 'regretfully', each with their own sets of synonyms and antonyms, and opportunities for modification through grammatical changes.