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Guided Notes Handout_ Understanding Context Clue Types
_Test_ Context Clues
Understanding Context Clues
Overview
This lesson is geared to ninth grade language arts. It covers context clues types inference, definition, example, antonym, and synonym. Students are introduced to context clues, given guided and independent practice, and a small assessment.
9th Grade ELA: Context Clues
Lesson Plan: Understanding Context Clues
Standard: LCS 10.1: Use context clues to determine meanings of words and phrases.
Objective:
Students will be able to identify and utilize context clues of the types definition and restatement to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words and phrases with 80% accuracy by the end of the lesson.
Materials:
Texts with unfamiliar words and phrases
Worksheets with exercises
Assessment handout
Process/Steps:
Introduction:
Hook: Begin the lesson by asking students if they've ever come across words they didn't know the meaning of while reading.
Discussion: Discuss with students the importance of understanding unfamiliar words in context and how context clues can help.
Explanation: Introduce IDEAS using the video from Khan Academy: https://youtu.be/CiNggzdWkIo
Guided Practice:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RC2Rx3VmDBkD3t2GQgYoWq7QtUSkcQy089WtkYz4TQA/edit?usp=sharing
Activity: Use the google slides for guided practice for each context clue for IDEAS
Independent Practice:
Individual Work: Provide each student with a worksheet of five additional items with unfamiliar words and phrases.
Instruct students to identify the context clues of the types definition and restatement, and determine the meanings of the words and phrases on their own.
Monitoring: Walk around the classroom to monitor students’ progress and offer assistance if necessary.
Assessment:
Individual Assessment: Distribute assessment sheet with five items containing unfamiliar words and phrases.
Task: Instruct students to use context clues of the types definition and restatement to determine the meanings of the words and phrases independently.
Evaluation: Collect the assessment sheets for grading.
Closure:
Review: Review the different types of context clues covered in the lesson: definition and restatement.
Reflection: Ask students to reflect on how understanding these context clues can help them become better readers.