Context Clues Giving Me the Blues
a hint in the surrounding text that can help a reader infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word, phrase, or description
What is a context clue?
a reader’s question or comment about a text written directly on the text
What is an annotation?
Who is the author of, "Things Fall Apart"
Chinua Achebe
In order to emulate the women she saw on television, Jolie often wore the same long lashes and lacefronts.
What part of speech is emulate?
verb
to determine which parts of a text you do or do not understand
What is monitoring comprehension?
Define Context Clue
What is text that provides a definition of a word?
Define inference
an idea formed by combining textual evidence and one’s own reasoning and background knowledge
In what language did Chinua Achebe receive his education?
English
The soldiers speak a dialect that is incomprehensible, and they can hardly get used to ours.
What part of speech is incomprehensible?
adjective
What strategy can help you determine what an author or poet is describing by picturing the text as you read?
visualizing
The soldiers speak a dialect that is utterly incomprehensible to us, and they can hardly get used to ours.
Based on the context clues provided, the word incomprehensible likely means
a. gracefully delicate
b. easily dismissed
c. difficult to comprehend
d. difficult to embrace
What is C. Difficult to comprehend?
the act of making a judgment or decision about something
What is an evaluation?
1890s
When does "Things Fall Apart" take place?
What part of speech is the word "evaluation"?
noun
What strategy can help you understand a character's or individual's thoughts and feelings by relating them to your own?
Making connections
In order to emulate the women she saw on television, Jolie often wore the same long lashes and lacefronts.
The word emulate likely means
a. combat
b. emancipate
c. educate
d. imitate
What is D. Imitate?
Define tracking
to trace the development of events or ideas within a text
When did Nigeria gain its independence from Britain?
1960
Johnathan is typically very lumerazious. However, today he was forced to drive clavaciously to work because he was already running late.
Based on the context clues, provide the part of speech for lumerazious and clavaciously and why?
Lumerazious is an adjective because describes the noun "Johnathan"
Clavaciously is an adverb because it describes the verb "drive"
Sometimes a text will give a lot of information. What strategy can help you understand a text's main idea or theme by making a judgment about what is information is important?
Evaluating Details
Johnathan is typically very lumerazious. However, today he was forced to drive clavaciously to work because he was already running late.
Based on the context clues define the words lumerazious and clavaciously.
lumerazious = timely
clavaciously = quickly
to say something in return; to answer or reply
respond
What is the most masculine crop according to "Things Fall Apart"?
YAMS!
The strategy title, "Re-reading" is a ___A___. However, the word re-reading is typically a ___B____. (Part of Speech)
What are
A. What is a noun?
&
B. What is a verb?
The following annotation is an example of which Monitoring Comprehension Strategy?
When the narrator states that this “is how it has always been and it has suited us,” I believe that the narrator and the people of the town have come to accept their lowly position, and may even find comfort in powerlessness.