Lit Circles: Day 3

Literature Circles: Day 3

Vocabulary: Connotation vs Denotation

​Vocabulary

Earlier in this course, you learned that vocabulary in context refers to using clues located in the text around a word to determine its definition, or denotation. Context clues depend upon inferences. As you learned in the previous lesson, inferencing is using facts and evidence to come to a conclusion. In this case, you will come to a conclusion about a word's meaning.

Context Clues

Connotation is another type of context clue. Connotation refers to the emotions a word conjures or brings forth. Words can have positive, neutral, or negative connotations.

A word's connotation may vary from person to person depending on their experiences and memories. However, some words have universal connotations. The connotation helps give the word a deeper meaning and therefore provides a deeper level of understanding of the text itself.

Connotations

Common types of context clues are:

• definitions provided later in the sentence;

• definitions that can be inferred from the events in the story; and

• definitions that can be deduced because they are the opposite of what is being described.

​Clues

​Denotation

Denotation is simply the word's meaning.

Example: home, house, shack

Each word is a place a person can live,
but...

Categorize

Options (9)

aroma

scent

stench

cozy

cold

freezing

Confident

Strong

Pushy

Sort these words based on their connotations.

Positive

Neutral

Negative

​Expectations

1. ACTIVE participation

2. 15 minutes of reading

3. Lit Circle job completed on Padlet

4. Small Group discussion

Poll

How are you doing with your independent reading?

• I GOT THIS! I'll be finished before the project.

• Pretty Good. I should be finished in time.

• Ummm... I am a little behind.

• YIKES! I have a LOT of reading to do.

Let's Play with PowerPoint!