Day 8 Blitz: Using Print or Digital Resources to Understand Voc.

Read the excerpt below to answer today's bell ringer!

Fill in the Blank

Which word from paragraph 1 means “to take away or cancel”?

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 1, what does the word remonstrated mean?

• Obeyed

• Paid

• Praised

• Argued

Multiple Choice

The author wants to strengthen the transition between the first paragraph (sentences 1-5) and the second paragraph (sentences 6-7). Which of the following should be added to the beginning of sentence 6 to provide a better transition?

• Specifically

• In other words,

• Unfortunately,

• For example,

English I STAAR® Blitz

DAY 1

Make Inferences

and Use Evidence to

Support

Understanding

DAY 2

Analyze How Authors
Develop Complex Yet

Believable Characters in
Fiction Through a Range

of Literary Devices

(Character Foils)

DAY 3

Analyze Characteristics

and Structural
Elements of

Informational Texts
(Thesis, Supporting Evidence,

Examples, and Conclusion)

DAY 4

Analyze How the
Author’s Use of

Language and Literary

Devices Achieves
Specific Purposes

(Irony and Oxymoron)

DAY 5

Analyze Characteristics
and Structural Elements
of Argumentative Texts

(Arguable Claim, Appeals,
Conclusion, Evidence, and

Counterarguments)

DAY 6

Make Inferences

and Use Evidence to

Support

Understanding of
Multiple Genres

DAY 7

Analyze and Evaluate

the Use of Text

Structure and Print
and Graphic Features
to Achieve Author’s

Purpose

DAY 8

Use Print or Digital

Resources to
Understand
Vocabulary

(Denotative and Connotative

Meaning, Foreign Words)

DAY 9

Revise Drafts to
Improve Clarity,
Development,

Organization, Style,
Diction, and Sentence

Effectiveness

DAY 10

Edit Drafts Using
Standard English

Conventions

EI.4(F)

EI.6(B)

EI.7(Di)

EI.8(D), EI.8(E)

EI.7(Ei), EI.7(Eii)

EI.8(B), EI.8(C)

EI.9(C)

EI.9(D)

EI.2(A), EI.2(B), EI.2(C)

EI.4(F), EI.7(A)

LESSON
STAAR® BLITZ, DAY 8
ENGLISH I

Use Print or Digital Resources

to Understand Vocabulary

What is denotative and connotative meaning?

Word Cloud

What is denotative and connotative meaning?

What is denotative and connotative meaning?

Denotative is the actual definition,
and connotative is the image I see in my head when I think of the word.

The denotative meaning of a word is the literal meaning or dictionary definition.
The connotative meaning is the emotion associated with a word.
It’s implied rather than literal.

How do you determine the meaning of foreign

words commonly used in English texts?

Word Cloud

How do you determine the meaning of foreign
words commonly used in English texts?

How do you determine the meaning of foreign
words commonly used in English texts?

To determine the meaning of commonly used foreign words, analyze context clues, identify their parts of speech, apply your knowledge of roots and cognates, and use print and digital resources.

Use the dictionary
and context clues to determine their word

meanings

When I Determine Word Meanings, I –

• look at the context clues

• consult the dictionary

Read ALL the entries for the word to
determine which meaning fits with the
context.

• use context to help me understand

unknown and connotative word
meaning.

Connotation is the emotions and/or ideas associated with a particular word or phrase.

If a word invokes a good feeling, it has a positive connotation.
If a word invokes a bad feeling, it has a negative connotation.
If it doesn’t invoke any feeling either way, it’s just neutral.

Positive

Neutral

Negative

Relaxed

Sunny

Inquisitive

Inactive

Warm

Curious

Lazy

Sweltering

Nosy

A word’s connotation can change within the context of a text.

Look at the chart below. Start with the “Neutral” column.

Notice how the words in one row have a similar denotation but a different connotation.

Relaxed

Sunny

Inquisitive

Original/Unique

Vintage

Sated

Positive

Neutral

Negative

Inactive

Warm

Curious

Different

Old

Full

Lazy

Sweltering

Nosy

Strange/Odd/Weird

Decrepit

Stuffed

A word’s connotation can change within the context of a text.

For example, “lazy” appears in the negative column, but if someone bragged about their lazy Sunday, it wouldn’t have a negative connotation.

Write two sentences using the word “stuffed” in both a negative and positive way.
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Open Ended

Write two sentences using the word “stuffed” in both a negative and positive way.

I stuffed down every
last spoonful of my
grandmother’s clam
chowder because she
wouldn’t let me leave
the table until I
finished.

When I woke up
Christmas morning,
my stocking was
stuffed full of
chocolate, gift cards,
and snacks.

Write two sentences using the word “stuffed” in both a negative and positive way.

Remember:

The denotative meaning of a
word is the literal meaning or
dictionary definition.

The connotative meaning is the
emotion associated with a word.
It’s implied rather than literal.

Taking our skepticism for granted, he rushed to the bookcases and returned with Volume One of the “Stoddard Lectures.”

“See!” he cried triumphantly. “It’s a bona-fide piece of printed matter. It fooled me. This fella’s a regular Belasco. It’s a triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to stop, too ― didn’t cut the pages. But what do you want? What do you expect”

He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf, muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse.

Excerpt from The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

What does the word bona-fide mean? Which context clues help to determine the words meaning?

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Determine the meaning of the foreign word used in the text below.

Open Ended

What does the word bona-fide mean? Which context clues help to determine the words meaning?

Taking our skepticism for granted, he rushed to the bookcases and returned with Volume One of the “Stoddard Lectures.”

“See!” he cried triumphantly. “It’s a bona-fide piece of printed matter. It fooled me. This fella’s a regular Belasco. It’s a triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to stop, too ― didn’t cut the pages. But what do you want? What do you expect”

He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf, muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse.

Excerpt from The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

What does the word bona-fide mean?
Which context clues help to determine the
words meaning?

The passage mentions that the narrator felt skepticism, so a character rushed to
prove their point, saying that it was “bona-fide,” meaning it was the real deal. Then the character says, “What realism!”

Bona-fide
means “real”
or “genuine.”

Remember:

Use print or digital resources,
knowledge of cognate and Latin and
Greek words to determine meaning.