PPT-Context Clues Created by Gay Miller

Click on the screen to see the sentence Select the best word from the list at the top of the page to complete the sentence Name the clue words that helped you select the word Click to see if you selected the correct clue . Using Context Clues. What is missing from the photograph?. Using Context Clues. What is Context Clue?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgaSmJKR9HM. {Click mouse to continue}. An Author’s Clues. Authors usually give clues called . Context clues. . Context clues . are hints that the author gives to help define a word you . don’t know. . . The clue may appear in the same sentence as the word you don’t know or in a . nearby . DO NOW:. Get your notebook and a copy of . Midsummer. Flip through the . Midsummer. book and write down 5 words you do not know the meaning of and the page number and line number you found the word. Reading . Skill: . Guessing . meaning from context. If you . come across . a word you don’t . understand . in . a book or article you are reading, . you can use the context to help you understand the meaning of the word. The context is the words near the unknown word. Looking up every new word in the dictionary will slow your reading.. What are context clues?. 3 minutes (. independent. ). Use the BAV method to write down the definition of context clues. 2 minutes (. collaborate. ). Round Robin with your team to discuss what context clues are. English 10. Context Clues . Learning to recognize context clues helps you learn new words. . Punctuation. Watch for commas, colons and hyphens. . Punctuation will alert you to an upcoming definition or explanation.. Using Context Clues. What is missing from the photograph?. Using Context Clues. What is Context Clue?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgaSmJKR9HM. {Click mouse to continue}. An Author’s Clues. Authors usually give clues called . Initiative?. Ability to take charge. Plan to continue. Task to complete. Terminate?. Start. Continue. End. Amplifies?. Increase. Decrease . Adjust. Curtail?. Improve. reduce. Stop. Degraded?. Practice Using Context Clues. What Are Context Clues?. Context clues are hints that help define strange words. Are often found in the sentence(s) around the unfamiliar word. We can find the meaning of words if we look closely at the sentences we are reading. Direct definition context clues. No need for a dictionary with these words…the definition of the word is right in the text!. EXAMPLE:. “I . staggered. , almost falling, coughing and sobbing for breath.”. 2. . . Quick Check. 3. . . Context Clues Challenge . Investigating. Context. Clues. INVESTIGATION NOTES. What are . Context Clues. ? . Context clues . a. re helpful words that help you . Context Clues are clues that good readers use to find the meaning of unknown words. These clues can be found in the words and sentences surrounding the unknown word or phrase.. Types of Context Clues. Make a First Decision. Don’t get frustrated. . When you are reading, decide if you have to know the word in order to get the meaning of the paragraph or sentence. . If knowledge of the word’s meaning . Context Clues – What Are They?. Context clues are bits of information from the text that, when combined with prior knowledge, allow you to decide the meaning of unknown words in the text you are reading..