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Elaine Kirn, West Los Angeles College
Pamela Hartmann, Los Angeles Unified School District

Experiencing Nature

Recognizing Similar Meanings and Meaning Categories

In each of the following groups of words, do the vocabulary items belong together because they have the same or similar meanings? If so, choose S for similar. Or are the vocabulary items members of the same meaning category or classification? If so, choose C.



1

sun / rain / wind / snow / humidity
A)S
B)C
2

headaches / colds / influenza / pneumonia / asthma
A)S
B)C
3

affect / influence / have an effect on
A)S
B)C
4

tired / nervous / irritable / depressed / happy
A)S
B)C
5

powerful / forceful / strong
A)S
B)C
6

illness / disease / disorder
A)S
B)C