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Context Clues Mini Lesson

Context Clues Mini Lesson

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English

7th Grade

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Jill Patterson

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22 Slides • 19 Questions

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Multiple Choice

What does "baffled" mean?

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confused

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angered

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overjoyed

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present

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Multiple Choice

What does "peril" mean?

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hunger

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danger

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sickness

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safety

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Hotspot

Highlight the clues that helped you determine the answers to #1 and #2!

(Context clues that helped you understand what baffled and peril mean)

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Multiple Choice

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What inference can be drawn from the passage?

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John White believed that the colonists had not survived

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The colonists did not want John White to know where they went

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John White believed the colonists were still alive

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The colonists took a rocket ship to Mars

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Multiple Choice

What does "deduced" mean?

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betrayed

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explained

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assumed

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cried

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Multiple Choice

What does "establish" mean?

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destroy

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invest

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create

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follow

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Hotspot

Click on the context clues that helped you determined the meaning of deduced and establish.

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Multiple Choice

What effect did the weather have on White's search?

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White was able to search for the colonists despite the weather

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The weather had no effect on White's search

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The delay caused by the weather was part of the reason White never determined the fate of the colony

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​Read the poem first...

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Hotspot

Click on the context clues that help you understand what the highlighted words mean

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Fill in the Blanks

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Dropdown

What are the context clues that help you understand what frumious mean?​ ​​
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Fill in the Blanks

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Dropdown

What are the context clues that help you understand  manxome?


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Multiple Choice

manxome is a(n)...

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verb

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adverb

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noun

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adjective

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Multiple Choice

Based on the context, what is the definition of whiffing?

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To run; to travel


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To eat; to devour


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To be confused


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monster

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Multiple Choice

Based on the context, what is the definition of galumphing?

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To walk slowly; to resist


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To walk triumphantly


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Silly, funny


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To sing


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Multiple Choice

Based on the context, what is the definition of frabjous?


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To dance


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To sing


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Happy; glad


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confusing


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Sad


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Open Ended

Write one word that you think best describes the Jabberwocky based on the context clues in the text? 

(Does not have to be a word from the text.) 


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​grab headphones!

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Open Ended

How did you imagine the Jabberwocky? 

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