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Word Detective
Juliana Martinez
Created on October 6, 2023
Use your context clues to figure out the meaning of words.
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START
Word
Use your context clues to figure out what words mean
DETECTIVE
Short and wide
Skinny
Tall
QUESTION 1/6
The stocky boxer's strength made up for his height. Can you use your context clues to figure out the meaning of stocky?
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Funny
Talland thin
Shortand wide
QUESTION 2/6
Tom was lanky with long and skinny legs. Can you use your context clues to figure out the meaning of lanky?
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smile in an unkind way
laughed in a mean way
QUESTION 3/6
sneezed loudly
She sneered at me when she said she liked my shoes. Can you use your context clues to figure out the meaning of sneered?
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hit
tickled
poked
QUESTION 4/6
He prodded me with a stick he found on the ground. Can you use your context clues to figure out the meaning of prodded?
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Laughed
Jumped
Cried in pain
QUESTION 5/6
The boy wailed after falling from the monkey bars. Can you use your context clues to figure out the meaning of wailed?
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In a respectful manner
Happily
In a rebellious manner
QUESTION 9/10
She put her hands on her hips defiantly.Can you use your context clues to figure out the meaning of defiantly?
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Results
TEKSVocabulary: (3) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading,writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to: (B) use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or multiple-meaning words; Lowry, Lois. 1990. Number the Stars. New York, Dell Pub.
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