context clues: you be the detective by ms. sherman
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Context Clues: You Be the Detective
By Ms. Sherman
Context Clues – What Are They?
• Context clues are bits of information from the text that help you to figure out the meaning of unknown words in a story or article.
• As a reader you must act as a detective to use the clues to make an intelligent“guess” as to what the definition of a word is.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.4.AUse context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Types of Clues: Clue 1- Word Connotation1. Word Connotation- the idea or feeling that you get from a word.
Decide whether the word is positive, negative or neutral
+ Positive: something good- Negative: something bad~ Neutral: neither good nor bad
Clue 2: Part of Speech: Noun, Verb or AdjectiveNoun
Person, place or
thing
Part of Speech Continued- VerbsVerb-
action
Part of Speech Continued- Adjectives
Adjective-
Describe nouns
Clue 3: Clue Words Words in the sentence that give hints about the bolded word.
Let’s Try Some Together1. unpleasant: Brian felt that Ms. Golding was much more unpleasant than usual and he suspected that she did not have her coffee this morning.
Step 1: Does the word seem positive +, negative –, or neutral ~
Step 2: Identify the part of speech:
Noun – person, place or thing
Verb – action
Adjective- describing word
Step 3: What are some clue words that give hints about unpleasant?
“did not have her coffee this morning”
Step 4: What do you think the meaning of unpleasant is?
Uncomfortable, unhappy
2. remedy: The richest man in town was losing his hearing and he offered a large reward to anyone who could find a remedy for his condition.
Positive, negative or neutral?
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb, or Adjective
What are some clue words?
“losing his hearing” “large reward” “condition”
What does remedy mean?
Remedy is another word for a cure.
Now, I want you to read the next two with a partner seated to your right . Discuss and label the three types of clues:
1) Positive + , negative- or neutral ~
2) Noun, Verb or Adjective
3) Circle clue words
4) Write what you think the definition is on the line.
I will give you 4 minutes. Then we will share. (If time- students do the rest of their own
What Did You Learn? What is one type of clue that you learned?
How are context clues useful when you are reading?