From the general to the precise: food, fruit, apple
Each line holds three mixed-up words: fruit, apple, food. The child numbers them from the most general to the most precise. These are the generic and specific words of the French programme, the hypernyms of the older classes. Lexikit makes the chains from the categories of your words: an apple is a fruit, a fruit is food. It works in English, German and Spanish too.
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In 3 steps
- Add your words: apple, rose, oak, boot…
- Choose the size: six or nine lines per page.
- Print: the instruction at the top, the answer key at the end.
What you can set
- Six or nine lines per page, depending on the size
- Writing in capitals, print or cursive
- Answer key page
- On screen: the precise word, the more general word to touch
Ways to use it
- Orally, name the category of a word
- Order from the general to the precise
- Use the words hypernym and hyponym
Frequently asked questions
Why do some words give no line?
Three levels are needed: a category and its broader one, like fruit within food. A word only in a category without a parent is left out.
With the same words
From the weakest to the strongestWords of the same sense to number from the weakest to the strongest: tiède, chaud, brûlant, or crainte, peur, épouvante.
The boxesTwo to four boxes, one per category, and the pictures to cut out and stick in the right one. The boxes above the pictures, on their own sheet or one per sheet.
Word flowerThe word in the heart of the flower, with its picture. In the petals, its synonym, its opposite, a word of its family, a more general word, a sentence.
Your turn
Open Lexikit, write your words, choose a resource: all that is left is to print. Free, no account, and your words stay on your device.
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