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Vocabulary
Using Context Clues
Have you ever read something and come across a word you
don’t know?
What do you do?
•Don’t just ignore it !!!!
•Don’t just read on!!!!
There are SOOOOOO many
benefits to having a strong
vocabulary…• 1.) When speaking, you can use the most precise word and you speak eloquently (sound sophisticated!)
• 2.) When you are writing, you have a better variety of words to choose from and can have the best and most precise vocabulary word (note- word choice is a writing trait often graded!!!)
• 3.) While reading, you understand the words you encounter
• 4.) When people speak to you, you understand all the words they state
• 5.) Higher scores on tests (SAT, ISATs,ACTs, etc.)
Instead of ignoring it,
there is a VERY helpful way to discover the
word’s meaning…
Through Context Clues…
Context Clues are located AROUND the mystery vocabulary word• What you may not realize is there are
words AROUND the vocabulary word
that can help you make an EDUCATED
guess on what the vocabulary word
really means.
• Let’s practice using a word we know…
Let’s try the word:
Courage
What is the meaning of Courage?
Definition: The state of mind that enables you to face danger
with confidence and bravery
Let’s read this
sentence and pull
out the CONTEXT
CLUES that would
have helped me IF
I didn’t know what
COURAGE
meant…
“The soldier, that
was full of courage,
jumped off the
amphibian tank and
ran up the hill of
sand. Bullets were
flying past him, but
he kept running
with the focus of
getting to his
enemy and
defending his
country.”
What were some of the context clues?
• “The soldier, that was full of courage, jumped off the amphibian tank and ran up the hill of sand. Bullets were flying past him, but he kept running with the focus of getting to his enemy and defending his country.”
• Soldier; tank
• ran up the hill of sand
• Bullets were flying
• kept running
• getting to his enemy
• defending his country.”
Now, let’s try another sentence
with a word we may NOT know…
Remember to look for the helpful
context clues….
“By March, she came to
an epiphany and even
yelled- “Ah Ha!” in the
store when she
suddenly realized the
answer to the riddle.”
What do you think “Epiphany”
means? What context clues
helped you draw that conclusion?
Epiphany means: A sudden
realization; a moment of clarity
• “By March, she came to an epiphany and even yelled- “Ah Ha!” in the store when she suddenly realized the answer to the riddle.”
• Context Clues:
• “Ah Ha!”
• suddenly realized
Let’s do one more…• “The impudent student rolls his eyes
at his peers and talked back to his teachers. Also, his parents did not know what to because he often swore at them and never obeyed house rules.”
• What could impudent mean?
• What context clues helped make such an educated guess?
Impudent mean: offensively bold and
disrespectful. • “The impudent student frequently rolled his
eyes at his peers and talked back to his teachers. Also, his parents did not know what to because he often swore at them and never obeyed house rules.”
• Context Clues that helped…• rolled his eyes
• talked back • Swore
• never obeyed
Now- • In your groups, we are going to give you
a sentence with a vocabulary word.
• Read the sentence and pull out the context clues that help you predict the definition of the word.
• After you make a prediction, use the dictionary to confirm the definition.
• Then, create a Vocabulary Illustration (will show you now on the document camera)