Context Clues
Be a detective
Pre-assessment question
what do you do when you encounter a difficult word during reading?
Learning Outcomes
I Can use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. I Can analyze relations of words and their uses
Video Time
Watch the following video. Make sure to take notes. Then be ready to discuss your notes with the teacher.
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today’s lesson will teach about good context clues that support a reader in figuring out the definition of new words. Context clues are a skill that readers use to figure out the meanings of unknown words in a sentence. These are found within the same senteneas the unknown words, or they can be found in sentences that come before or after them.
Video
Watch the video, then with your group find all the types of context clues and prepare a short presentation on them
Group task
Test Time: Read the next slide and try to figure out the meanings of the words in bold
Don't be surprised. Some of the words are just made up.
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Context Clues
Be a detective
Pre-assessment question
what do you do when you encounter a difficult word during reading?
Learning Outcomes
I Can use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. I Can analyze relations of words and their uses
Video Time
Watch the following video. Make sure to take notes. Then be ready to discuss your notes with the teacher.
+ info
today’s lesson will teach about good context clues that support a reader in figuring out the definition of new words. Context clues are a skill that readers use to figure out the meanings of unknown words in a sentence. These are found within the same senteneas the unknown words, or they can be found in sentences that come before or after them.
Video
Watch the video, then with your group find all the types of context clues and prepare a short presentation on them
Group task
Test Time: Read the next slide and try to figure out the meanings of the words in bold
Don't be surprised. Some of the words are just made up.