College Board
The Departure
Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...
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How to Study: Building Vocabulary: Using Context Clues to Learn Word Meaning
This resource explains six ways authors use context clues that might help readers understand unfamiliar words. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.4, 8.2.B
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Definition Context Clues
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review the concept of using context clues to comprehend unfamiliar words or phrases in a given text. Types of context clues and their definitions are also included.
Savvas Learning
Pearson Education: The Longman Vocabulary Website: Using Context Clues
Discover how to use context clues to improve your reading skills. This resource features exercises for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. L.9-10.4a, L.8.2.B Context/Meaning
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Sacramento City College: What Are Context Clues?
This screen is the first of a series of slides about using context clues. It defines context clues. The following screens contain examples and tips on how to use and interpret context clues. Use the Next buttons to complete the...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Use Context Clues to Decipher Words
This reading resource discusses the strategy of using context clues to decipher new words. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they use context clues to understand new words.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Vocabulary Words in Context
In this lesson plan, 5th graders will use context clues as they learn new science vocabulary words through listening, reading and discussing the new content. The terms are associated with the reshaping of the earth's surface.
Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston State University: Context Clues I: Posttest
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence in this ten-question multiple choice test.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Context Clues
This downloadable slideshow focuses on context clues including definitions, the four types, and examples.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Context Clues
A slide show with sixteen slides explaining and giving examples of four different types of context clues: synonyms, antonyms, explanation, and example.
TES Global
Blendspace: L7.4 Context Clues
A six-part learning module with links to texts and images for a context clues lesson involving four learning stations.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Understanding Context Clues
A slide show with forty-two slides with explanations and examples on how to use context clued to determine the meanings of unknown words.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Intro to Vocabulary Building Reading Strategies
This article explains in general how to build vocabulary using reading strategies such as context clues.
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to use visual, meaning, and structure clues separately and together to determine the meaning of unknown words. Lessons are...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Examining Nearby Words
This lesson explains how to examine nearby words when determining the meaning of vocabulary words. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content. L.11-12.4 Word Meanings, L.11-12.4a Words/Context
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Critical Reading: Vocabulary
This lesson plan focuses on increasing your vocabulary including using context clues, dictionaries, and your working vocabulary. It also offers two videos with strategies for enhancing your vocabulary.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Unit 2 Reading: Inference: Test
This interactive assessment features 6 multiple-choice over terms having to do with making inferences and their definitions. These terms include the following: inference, context clue, judgment, implied, prior knowledge, and apparent...
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade Unit 2 Reading: Inference: Match
In this interactive game, students match terms having to do with making inferences to their definitions. These terms include the following: inference, context clue, judgment, implied, prior knowledge, and apparent traits.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 4th Grade: Unit 2 Reading: Inference: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on terms having to do with making inferences and their definitions. These terms include the following: inference, context clue, judgment, implied, prior knowledge, and apparent traits.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Determining Denotation
This lesson explains how to determine the denotation of words; it defines denotation and offers a plan of action: look up the word in the dictionary, read all meanings paying attention to parts of speech, and compare each of these...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Proper Noun Race
During this lesson, students will review nouns and identify common and proper nouns in context. A short story will be written using both types of nouns. An interactive Internet site will be used to reinforce the lesson.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: English 4; Loyalty and Betrayal
A learning module asking students to analyze fiction, examine symbolism and cultural context, read a section of The Kite Runner, practice context clues and Greek and Latin roots, and practice sentence variety with compound and complex...
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Revolution and the Power of Words
A module where students will determine the meaning of unfamiliar terms using prior knowledge, context clues and examination of word parts.
Road to Grammar
Road to Grammar: Describing Weather
Lean twenty-two words to use when describing the weather by reading short passages and using context clues to define weather related vocabulary words.
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