1. VOCABULARY & CONTEXT CLUES – YOU BE THE DETECTIVE. This section will introduce you to ―context clues‖ which will help you figure out the meaning of certain words.…
1. ContextCluesThe context is simply the words or ideas around your unknown word. Context Clues are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence. …
1. Context Clues 2. Building Word Awareness Context Clues DefinitionSynonyms Restatement Contrast Explanation Examples Inference 3. What is Context? Most Americans can speak…
1. Context Clues 2. Building WordAwareness Context Clues DefinitionSynonyms Restatement Contrast Explanation Examples Inference 3. What is Context? Most Americans can speak…
1. ENGLISH 83R Monday, January 27, 2014 2. MRS. BUCHANAN’S TO DO LIST FOR TODAY • Context clues handout and homework • English Essentials Ch. 1 homework • TAKE: •…
1. Lily’s Ladybugs by Ms. Gullstrand 2. Lily was learning about the Scientific Method in her 4th grade science class. Science was not her favorite subject, but she…
1. Words, Words, Words 2. “Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called.” Jarrod Kintz…
Slide 1 Slide 2 It's test time again and you've just finished reading the first paragraph in the test booklet and are preparing to answer the questions. The first…
The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen LITERARY FOCUS: THEME—GETTING THE MESSAGE You know that most stories contain a plot, a series of related events.…