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Learning Objectives:
Content Objective:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.A
Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to
the meaning of a word or phrase.
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Language Objective:
ELD Standard
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
1.Paraphrase the objective with a partner each using the frame:
“We are going to learn ________.”
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• “We are going to learn ________.”
• “We may read and write about………….today”
Learning Objective
I can determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in texts using
context clues.
Concept Skill context
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• 2. Apartment –House -Skyscraper –Cloud
• 3. Spain – India – Brazil- Africa
• 4. Keyboard – Screen –Mouse –Horse
• 5. Winter – Snow – Blizzard - Hail
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Students explore the different context
clues used to figure out the meanings of
unfamiliar words. Students explore the different context
clues used to figure out the meanings of
unfamiliar words.
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Students explore the different context Students explore the different context
clues used to figure out the meanings of clues used to figure out the meanings of
unfamiliar words. unfamiliar words.
Think, pair, share the answer of the following question:
What are the different context clues?
Give more examples .
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Think, pair, share
Work in pairs or groups to find the meaning of synonyms with some examples.
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Find the synonym that helps you understand the meaning of terminate.
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Work in pairs or groups to find the meaning of antonyms with some examples.
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In the cartoon below, what antonym helps you figure out what the word amplifies means?
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Examples may suggest the meaning of an
unknown word.
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See if the example in this cartoon helps you figure out the meaning of the
word initiative.
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The word initiative means
A. anger.
B. will power.
C. ability to take
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What does the word famished mean?
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Word meanings are not directly stated in the text, but definitions of unfamiliar words
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can be assumed by both prior knowledge and the context in which the word sits.
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She was so famished that people felt sorry for her, and gave
her food to eat.
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