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What are we going to learn today?

What are we going to learn today?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1iTbNjl_g4&feature=related. Clue #1. We must go to the place where your fingers can do the “talking.? Raise your hand if you know where this place is located. Context Clues turn students into reading detectives. Context Clues.

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What are we going to learn today?

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  1. What are we going to learn today? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1iTbNjl_g4&feature=related

  2. Clue #1 • We must go to the place where your fingers can do the “talking.? Raise your hand if you know where this place is located.

  3. Context Clues turn students into reading detectives

  4. Context Clues You look before the word, you look after the word, you look all around the word for clues to its meaning.

  5. Bubble Pop • Pop 1 bubble if you know the word so well that you can define it and use it in a sentence. • Pop 2 bubbles if you have heard of it before. • Pop 3 bubbles if you have no idea what the word is.

  6. Do you know these words? • Mofette • Sauropod • Ritornello

  7. Use the Clues: • Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and oxygen were exhaled from the mofette, or vent, on the side of the volcano. • The huge sauropod ate leaves and plants. This dinosaur weighed 16 times more than an elephant. • The cello soloist played the ritornello, a short recurrent instrumental passage for the third time during the arrangement.

  8. Signal words for Context Clues=DASE Direct Definitions Antonyms Synonyms Example

  9. DIRECT DEFINITION WORDS • http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/ccdirect.htm

  10. ANTONYMS

  11. ANTONYM SIGNAL WORDS ALTHOUGH UNLIKE WHILE IN CONTRAST HOWEVER BUT

  12. Antonym example At first, the surgery seemed to be successful. But several hours later, the patient’s condition began to deteriorate, and it continued to worsen over the next few days. A. stabilize B. surprise everyone C. change D. decay or decline

  13. SYNONYMS SIGNAL WORDS INCLUDING FOR EXAMPLE SUCH AS FOR INSTANCE

  14. Synonym example • It is refreshing to see students so excited, so zealous in doing their homework. • A. zany • B. dedicated • C. Indifferent • D. jealous

  15. Example signal words For instance Like Such as Especially This These

  16. Example • Raul is an indulgent father, for instance, he lets his daughter stay up as late as she wants and never makes her do her homework. • A. Lazy and caring • B. Stupid and • C. lenient and tolerant • D. Strict and mean

  17. Example • When going to an office party you should show your best decorum, for example, dress your best, drink and eat moderately, and be sure to thank the host before you leave. • A. civility • B.decorations • C. party moves • D. rudeness

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