This presentation will teach students how to deduce meanings of unknown words from words, phrases, and sentences that surround them.
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2. What does context mean? A word’s context is the words, phrases, and sentences that surround it. If you look closely at the context of an unknown word, you often get clues about that words meaning. Look for: + Synonyms Read Surrounding Sentences When ALL ELSE FAILS use a Dictionary
3. From “Boys Against Girls” by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor: What does precocious mean?
4. Look for Antonyms | Watch for words with opposite meanings. Sometimes authors use them to make a point. From “ Nomi and the Magic Fish” by Judy Sierra:
5. Look for Definitions | | Watch for definitions defined near a word. ‘Sometimes you'll see words and phrases — such as lor, that is, and in other words — with a definition right after it in parentheses. From “Census Surprise!” from Junior Scholastic: What does census mean?
6. BAS on TORE oe ks ane of Look for Examples | Watch for examples that explain what a word \means. Examples often follow words or phrases, \such as for example, such as, like, and especially. From “Boys Against Girls” by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor: What is an abaguchie? 3
7. Read Surrounding Sentences | Look closely at the sentence containing the word, jas well as the sentences that come before and after From “The Sultan’s Perfect Tree” by Jane Yolan: What does blemish mean?
8. What to do when context clue ~ strategies don’t help? | Sometimes we still don’t understand the | meaning of a word even after looking for synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples, and reading surrounding sentences.
9. Give the meaning and the type of context clue used to find the meaning of the red word(s). A Vicarious Journey By Menkeli Kanaa, 2003 I would like to take you ona trip, a trip I want you to experience through my description, to Tanzania. I visited Tanzania with five other teachers this summer, and I can truly claim that it was the most summer I’ve had. I doubt I will ever forget it.
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11. Give the meaning and the type of context clue used to find the meaning of the red word(s). * Carly is fond of , worn-out expressions in her writing. Her favorite is “You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.”
* Animals to the environments they live in. Some animals live in the Arctic where it is very cold and their fur keeps them warm. Other animals live in the ocean, or in ponds, streams, @ lakes, and rivers. They use gills to breath.
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