CONTEXT CLUES
BEFORE READING
DURING READING
PARTS OF SPEECH
WHAT WE'VE READ
100
Context clues use these as a way to define new words.
What are surrounding or related words
100
The first thing you look at before you read
What is the title?
100
Writing utensils that should be on your desk as you read
What are highlighter and pen or pencil?
100
Types of words in a sentence
What are parts of speech?
100
The kind of story "The Tell Tale Heart" was
What is scary?
200
The least amount that you should read before and after a word that confuses you
What are two sentences?
200
If you are given questions to answer while you read, this is when you would look at them
What is before reading?
200
These are used to define or clarify confusing words as you read
What are context clues?
200
Three parts of speech we learned in class
What are adjectives, nouns, and verbs?
200
The main idea of "crunchy Critters" was this
What is: people from different places eat different foods?
300
The meaning of scried in this sentence: She scried so deeply into the mirror, that her gaze seemed to go beyond her own reflection.
What is gazing deeply.
300
This is when you ask a question to be answered as you are reading
What is "setting the purpose"?
300
These can be used to determine what a word is doing in the sentence
What are parts of speech?
300
This describes a noun
What is an adjective?
300
"Wildlife for Sale" talks about the _________ in numbers of endangered species
What is the rise?
400
The clandestine team met in the wee hours of the morning, so as not to be found out. The meaning of clandestine in this sentence
What is secret?
400
The time when your question for "setting the purpose changes"
What is: after the question is answered?
400
The main idea of a paragraph can be found in one of these two places
What is the first or the last sentence?
400
This is an action word
What is a verb?
400
"Wildlife for Sale" defines this as the illegal hunting of animals
What is poaching?
500
The context clues that define soporific below: The soporific quality of the medication made her drowsy and longing for sleep all day long.
What is "drowsy and longing for sleep"?
500
What you base your first question on before you read
What is the title and subtitles?
500
The last sentence of a paragraph usually does this
What is conclude?
500
Number of verbs in the sentence below: Running helps me think when I am stressed.
What is three?
500
The mental state of the main character in "The Tell Tale Heart"
What is mad, unstable, psychotic?
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