Warm-Up Using Context Clues to Find Word˜Meanings

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Using Context Clues to Find Word Meanings

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Lesson

Question

Lesson Goals

Find context clues.

Use context clues to figure out what mean.

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Words to Know

Fill in this table as you work through the lesson. You may also use the glossary to help you.

a clear difference between two things a description that makes something clear an educated guess the words around a word that help make the meaning clear a word that has the same meaning as another word an item that belongs in a group and can show what the rest of the group is like

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Warm-Up

Using Context Clues to Find Word Meanings

Using Clues in a Picture

The

is surrounded by familiar stringed instruments that can be

strummed or picked.

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Context Clues

Context means "the words or ideas around an unknown word."

Context clues:

? are words in a text that can help you figure out the meaning of a nearby

.

? can be in the same sentence as an unknown word or in a nearby

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Types of Context Clues

Types of context clues

? Synonym clues

? Contrast clues

? Explanation clues

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clues

Synonym Clues

A synonym is a word that has the

meaning as another word.

Synonym clues are

words or phrases that have the same meaning

as an

word.

Example: My head aches. If it still hurts in an hour, I will take some medicine

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Contrast Clues

A contrast is a clear

between two things.

Contrast clues are words or phrases that have the unknown word.

Example: Unicorns are imaginary, not real.

meaning of the

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Explanation Clues

An explanation explains or gives

information about something.

Explanation clues are

that explain an unknown word.

Example: We saw a schooner, which is a ship with two masts.

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Example Clues

An example is an

that belongs in a group and can show you what the

group is like. Example clues give examples. Example: I bought some pottery, including clay bowls and mugs

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Using Context Clues

A you have.

is an educated guess, or a guess made using the information

Context clues can help you make a prediction about the meaning of a word you do not know.

Using Context Clues

context clues.

Using Context Clues

Find context clues.

a prediction.

Using Context Clues

Find context clues.

Make a

prediction.

your prediction.

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Using Context Clues

"That old bridge is dangerous. It is not safe."

Find context clues.

Make a prediction.

Check your prediction.

? Safe is a

clue.

Using Context Clues

"That old bridge is dangerous. It is not safe."

Find context clues.

Make a prediction.

? Safe is a contrast clue.

? Dangerous means

"

."

Check your prediction.

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Using Context Clues

"That old bridge is dangerous. It is not safe."

Find context clues.

? Safe is a contrast clue.

Make a prediction.

? Dangerous means "unsafe."

Check your prediction.

? Put your prediction in the and see if it still makes .

? Find other in the sentence.

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Checking for Understanding

"When you go to the store later, please buy some groceries, such as bread, milk, and eggs."

Find

clues.

Make a prediction.

Check your prediction.

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clues

are bread, milk, and eggs.

? Groceries means "foods that you buy."

? The words buy and store show that the

makes sense.

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Summary

Using Context Clues to Find Word Meanings

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Lesson Question

How can you use clues in a text to figure out what words mean?

Answer

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Review: Key Concepts

Types of

clues

? Synonym clues

? Contrast clues

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clues

? Example clues

Review: Key Concepts

Use context clues to make predictions about the not know.

1. Find context clues. 2. Make a prediction about what a word means. 3. Check your prediction.

of words you do

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