Connotation of Sports Teams

Choose five of the athletic team names from above, and use a dictionary to find the denotation (definition) of them.

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Write all five of the names you chose AND their denotations here!

Now that we know the denotation of each of those five, let's think about the connotation! What feelings are associated with these words? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name? Look at the example below!

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What feelings are associated with your first team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

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What feelings are associated with your second team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

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What feelings are associated with your third team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

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What feelings are associated with your fourth team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

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Connotation of Sports Teams

Write all five of the names you chose AND their denotations here!

What feelings are associated with your first team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

What feelings are associated with your second team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

What feelings are associated with your third team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

What feelings are associated with your fourth team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

What feelings are associated with your fifth team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

Write all five of the names you chose AND their denotations here!

What feelings are associated with your first team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

What feelings are associated with your second team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

What feelings are associated with your third team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

What feelings are associated with your fourth team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?

What feelings are associated with your fifth team name? Would you want to be a part of a team with that name AND why?