I used this lesson to start our discussion on connotation & the emotional associations we have with certain words. This was one of those last-minute Hail Mary lessons I threw together before an observation, and it ended up being so successful, I used it every year after that with both middle and high school!It hits the highly-cherished 4 C’s: collaboration, communication, creativity (kinda), and critical thinking!Basically, students work in groups to sort words with similar meanings into sem