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.

A six-part learning module with links to texts and images for a context clues lesson involving four learning stations.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson in which learners learn to use context clues in surrounding sentences to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. The lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by...

In this lesson, students will listen to stories and determine the meaning of the word by using sentence-level context clues. They will think about the verbs that are used and think about how that verb appeals to their senses, giving them...

[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...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad to learn to identify and understand the use of simile and metaphor in...

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

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students learn to use a glossary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by Robin Johnson and Bobbie Kalman and...

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.

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...

This lesson explains how to identify connected words when determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.