Use reference materials to build vocabulary

Use reference materials to build vocabulary

What do you do when you come across unfamiliar words such as spectacle or ravenous in your reading?

Unknown words in "Androcles & the Lion"

Skim and scan “Androcles and the Lion” to circle words in the text that they did not understand during the first reading.

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What are some unknown words you found while skimming "Androcles and the Lion"?

What are Context Clues again?

Clues in an article or story that help you figure out what a word means.

Spectacle

In paragraph 2 I saw the word "spectacle"

I also saw the clues

“public”

“in front of the emperor and all his Court”

Spectacle

A spectacle is in public and in front of a crowd of people...

I think it must be something that happens in front of people

I have just come up with my own definition for the word spectacle, and I didn't even need a dictionary! It is something that happens in front of people.

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Using the context clues, what is your definition for the word "ravenous"?

Context Clues: “kept without food for several days”

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Using the context clues, what is your definition for the word "bounding"?

Context Clues: “rushed … toward his victim”

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Using the context clues, what is your definition for the word "fawned"?

Context Clues: “upon him,” “licked his hands lovingly”

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Using the context clues, what is your definition for the word "pardoned"?

Context Clues: “freed,” “let loose”