Friday, April 1, 2016

Context Clues Lesson


What happens when we don't have a context for understanding?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybcvlxivscw&nohtml5=False
begin at 37 seconds


Practice with sentences -- using context clues to understand unfamiliar words.

Here is the document to study for Context Clues: LessonAideContextClues.docx







Copy this into your composition book:
Some Types of Context Clues   April 15

  • Synonym
  • Definition
  • Noticing what the word is doing in the sentence: which part of speech it is.
  • Antonym
  • Familiar Words the unfamiliar word sounds like -- that would help it make sense
  • Word parts 
  • Repeated words or synonyms