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IES 1. May 15 th 2012. Today. Continue with reading strategies. Guess the meaning of the word. Some whales are truly gargantuan ; in fact, blue whales can be up to 30 meters long and weight over 180 tons. Example.

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  1. IES 1 May 15th2012

  2. Today • Continue with reading strategies.

  3. Guess the meaning of the word Some whales are truly gargantuan; in fact, blue whales can be up to 30 meters long and weight over 180 tons.

  4. Example “John decided that he really needed the glockumif he were to solve the problem.” -What part of speech is “glockum”? try to guess what “glockum” means.

  5. glockum • Guesses: • - evidence • - ability • - key • Clue • - professor • -knowledge

  6. There are several kinds of reading clues Deduction. What does the sentence seem to be about? Which words in the sentence does the unknown word seem to relate to? “John decided that he really needed the glockumif he were to solve the problem.”

  7. examples • Can you turn the zong on, it’s cold in here? • This food can’t be re-zonged? • My wibble is not working, so I had to take the bus.

  8. There are several kinds of reading clues Part of speech Which part of speech is the unknown word? Is it a noun? Verb? Adjective? Preposition? Something else? Use the words around the unknown word to guess what part of speech it is. “John decided that he really needed the glockumif he were to solve the problem.”

  9. There are several kinds of reading clues Chunking What do the words around the unknown word mean? How could the unknown word relate to the surrounding words? - This is like a more focused kind of deduction. “John decided that he really needed the glockumif he were to solve the problem.”

  10. There are several kinds of reading clues Vocabulary activation. When skimming through a text, what seems to be the topic of the text? Does the design to the text give any clues? Does the kind of publication give clues (i.e., a novel, a textbook, a newspaper article). Which words can you think of that belong to this vocabulary category?

  11. Another possible tool: • Pre-fixes and suffixes • Pre-fix: placed BEFORE the root of a word. • - changes the form of the root. • i.e., root = happy • Pre-fix = “un-” (un- = ?) • New word: “unhappy” = ?

  12. Another possible tool: • Pre-fixes and suffixes • Pre-fix: placed BEFORE the root of a word. • - changes the form of the root. • i.e., root = do • Pre-fix = “re-” (un- = ?) • New word: “redo” = ?

  13. Another possible tool: • Pre-fixes and suffixes • Suffix: placed AFTER the root of a word. • - changes the form of the root. • i.e., root = play • suffix = “-ed” (-ed = ?) • New word: “played” = ?

  14. Another possible tool: • Pre-fixes and suffixes • Suffix: placed AFTER the root of a word. • - changes the form of the root. • i.e., root = big • suffix = “-est” (-est = ?) • New word: “biggest” = ?

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