Words With multiple meanings
To/two/too
I have ____________ siblings
two
Sandy is nice.
Replace Sandy with a pronoun
_________ is nice.
She
What does the word clarify mean?
It means to make clear.
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Terry ---------- lives her vacation by viewing the photographs she took.
relives
How many strategies have we learned?
3
Their/they're/there
The hospital is located over ______________.
He is as hungry as a horse.
Is this a simile or metaphor and why?
simile because it has the word like
and it is comparing two things
How do you use the clarifying strategy?
You stop.
Reread the sentence around the word, and try to find the correct meaning.
You replace teh word and check.
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She spends count_________ hours enjoying the mountain scenery
countless
What are the strategies that we have learned?
Name all of them.
Predicting
Activating
Clarifying
road/rode
I ____________ my bike on the _____________.
Name two sources of confusion when you are reading.
-new words/difficult words
-pronouns
-words with multiple meanings
-prefixes
-idioms, metaphors, similes
When do you use the clarifying strategy?
You use the Clarifying Strategy when you do not understand what you are rweading
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Her favourite shot shows a mountain sunset just before dark___________
darkness
What is the predicting strategy?
I will read about.....
I will learn about.......
An antonym for the word sad
happy
Name two clarifying signs.
dashes
brackets
in other words
is
for example etc......
Why do you use the clarifying strategy?
To help you understand what you are reading when you are confused.
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The newspaper article has some wrong facts.
_______information
Missinformation
What is the activating strategy?
This reminds me about....
or
I already know......
A synonym for the word social
friendly
I used marshmallows and cinnamon in my hot chocolate. It is delicious.
I poured some in my cup and I drank it.
What is the omission? Replace it.
hot chocolate
Use the clarifying strategy.
I was perplexed by the question and asked my teacher to repeat it.
What does the word perplexed mean in this sentence.
Confused/puzzled
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John had ____________read the camera information in the dim light.
misread
What is the clarifying strategy?
Clarifying helps clear things up when I am confused.