Procedures
CHUNK KEY Method True/False
Context Clues
Context Clue examples
100

When I walk into the room, I should look where?

At the screen.

100

When beginning a passage, you want to CHUNK first.

True

100

Sometimes a word's or phrase's meaning is explained immediately after its use.

Definition/ Explanation

Restatement/Synonym 

Contrast/Antonym 

Inference

Definition/ Explanation

100

"Haberdashery, which is a store that sells men’s clothing, is becoming more common today.”


Definition/ Explanation

Restatement/Synonym 

Contrast/Antonym 

Inference

Definition/ Explanation

200

If I want to go to the reading corner, I have to what?

READ!

200

We want to annotate the KEY ideas.

True

200

Sometimes a hard word or phrase is said in a simple way with a similar meaning.

Definition/ Explanation

Restatement/Synonym 

Contrast/Antonym 

Inference

Restatement/ Synonym

200

"Lou wanted to go to the haberdashery, but Ann wanted to shop at the boutique.” 

Definition/ Explanation

Restatement/Synonym 

Contrast/Antonym 

Inference

Contrast/ Antonym 

The signal word but tells the reader that an opposite thought is going to be stated.

300

I can be on my phone when...?

the GREEN LIGHT is on

300

I want you to write complete sentences when you annotate the KEY ideas.

FALSE.

#'s, abbreviate, etc. 

300

Sometimes a word or phrase is clarified by the presentation of the opposite meaning somewhere close to its use. 

Definition/ Explanation

Restatement/Synonym 

Contrast/Antonym 

Inference


Contrast/ Antonym

300

“The haberdashery was Lou’s favorite place. He loved shopping for nice suits. The people who worked there were so kind and helpful.”

Definition/ Explanation

Restatement/Synonym 

Contrast/Antonym 

Inference

Inference

400

If a 1 is absent at my table, and Coach Thompson calls a 1 then this number does the job.

3

400

My annotations will look the EXACT SAME as everyone in my class.

FALSE. 

Your annotations will look different than everyone else's because it's YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

400

Sometimes a word or phrase is not immediately clarified within the same sentence. Relationships, which are not directly apparent, are inferred or implied. 

Definition/ Explanation

Restatement/Synonym 

Contrast/Antonym 

Inference

Inference

400

"Lou was sent to the haberdashery to find a new suit. He needed to wear one for his uncle’s wedding." 

Definition/ Explanation

Restatement/Synonym 

Contrast/Antonym 

Inference

Restatement/ Synonym

Because the sentence says that Lou would find a suit at the haberdashery, then it must be a place where clothes for men are sold.

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