PPT-Encountering Unfamiliar Words

Tips on understanding new vocabulary Hints About Meanings of New Words Sometimes when you read you have to be a word detective When you come to a new word in your reading the first thing you should do is decide whether you have to know the word in order to get the meaning of the paragraph . Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Mark Mark 9:1 And he said to them, FIVE. CONTEXT CLUES. Authors usually give clues to new or difficult words they use. These clues are called context clues.. Context clues are words, phrases, and sentences around a word that help readers discover the meaning of unfamiliar words.. rat/10 ENCOUNTERING THE WORD THROUGH GODLY PLAY – In the Awakenings Curriculum The heart of Godly play is the telling of a story to children; from memory, using concrete materials. Godly Pla Using the text to understand the meaning of a word. S. ynonyms. Sometimes, an unknown word will have another word near it that has the same meaning.. Synonyms can help you find the meaning of an unfamiliar word.. “Increasing . your . vocabulary…will make . your own speaking and writing more precise and more interesting. If all that is not enough, your increased vocabulary may result in an increased salary. Research tells us that the size of a person’s vocabulary . Althea W. Peak. 2. nd. Grade . SWP Summer 2013. Digging Deep:. “Turn and Talk. ”. Children don’t have full vocabularies that they need, so word study and strategies are imperative. Cover up unfamiliar words and let kids use photos and illustrations to figure out the meaning. FSA Reading . Targeted Standards Review. Definition: Context Clues. A . context clue . is a hint in the text that can help a reader figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word. Where in the world is the context clue?. 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. Any text that you have never . - read. - heard. - seen. Steps for understanding an unfamiliar text. Step 1. read the text (out loud if you can. ). Step 2. . what do you notice about the:. - words. Purpose. : Allows you to communicate precisely what you want to say.. A writer uses definition to:. Let the reader know what you mean when you use unfamiliar words (ex: accoutrement), words that are open to interpretation (ex: freedom), or familiar words that are used in a particular sense. . ENCOUNTERING JESUS. Talk Three: The Jesus We Serve. Southern Navigators. Talk Three: The Jesus We Serve. Labourers in the Harvest Field: Matthew 10. Labourers are led and looked after. : . shepherded and directed by the Lord of the Harvest.. 7 Strategies for Exploring Unfamiliar Vocabulary Forthcoming in Technical Communicationprojected publication date February 2020Awating final editing by journal146s copyeditorPrepublication distribution should be limited Please do not postopyright ci Definition / Main Idea . Definition. The author provides a definition of an unknown word in the sentence. The word is usually a familiar word or phrase.. . Clue Words. is / are. is / are called. was /were.