Study Sync Skills: Word Meaning/Perseus HONORS

Poll

A noun 📘 is a part of speech.
A noun names a person, place, or thing.

Choose the noun 📘 below:

• mountain

• suddenly

• whispered

• careful

Poll

A verb 🏃 is a part of speech.
A verb shows action or state of being.

Choose the verb 🏃 below:

• brave

• leapt

• silence

• stone

Poll

An adjective 🧠 is a part of speech.
An adjective describes a noun 📘.

Choose the adjective 🧠 below:

• quickly

• running

• fearful

• arrive

​Skills Lesson: Word Meaning 📘

Heroes Every Child Should Know: Perseus

I CAN Statement:
I can determine the meaning of a word 📘 by using context 👀, identifying its part of speech 🧠, and checking a dictionary 📖.

SC.ELA.6.AOR.7.1

When you come across an unfamiliar word 📘, you can use context 👀 and a dictionary 📖 to determine its meaning.

Good readers:

• identify the part of speech 🧠

• look at how the word is used in the sentence 👀

• choose the meaning that fits the context ✅

Why this matters:
Some words have multiple meanings, and only one will make sense in the story.

​Step 1: Define the Skill: Word Meaning 📘

Match

Step 2: Drag and Drop

Match the following

• The meaning of a word or phrase

• A resource found online, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia

• A list of words in a text with definitions

• The grammatical category of a word (noun, verb, adjective)

• The way a word sounds when spoken

📘 definition

💻 digital resource

📚 glossary

🧠 part of speech

🔊 pronunciation

• 📘 definition

• 💻 digital resource

• 📚 glossary

• 🧠 part of speech

• 🔊 pronunciation

Use this checklist when you are unsure of a word’s meaning:

• 🔍 Identify the word 📘 you do not know

• 🧠 Determine the part of speech

• 👀 Use context clues to make a first guess

• 📖 Check a dictionary

• ✅ Choose the meaning that fits the sentence best: THIS IS CALLED REPLACEMENT STRATEGY

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Step 3: Word Meaning Strategy Checklist 📘

“Once she was a maiden as beautiful as morn, till in her pride she sinned a sin at which the sun hid his face…”

​Excerpt 1 (Perseus)

• I am not sure what pride 📘 means.

• I can tell pride 🧠 is a noun because it names a feeling.

• The sentence describes something negative 👀 about the maiden.

First Guess:
Pride 📘 probably means a bad feeling, not a positive one.

Student Analysis (Little Jonny)

​Step 3:
Model

Dictionary Entry (trimmed):

pride \prīd\
noun

1. a feeling of self-respect

2. feeling more important than others; egotism

​Excerpt 2 (DICTIONARY)

Replacement Strategy 👀:
Try each meaning in the sentence.

• “…till in her self-respect she sinned a sin…” ❌

• “…till in her egotism she sinned a sin…” ✅

Student Analysis (Little Jonny)

​Step 3:
Model

​How to determine word meaning 📘:

• Read the sentence carefully 👀

• Identify the part of speech 🧠

• Make a first guess using context 👀

• Check the dictionary 📖

• Use the REPLACEMENT STRATEGY 🔁

  • Replace the word with each definition

  • Choose the meaning that fits the sentence best ✅

​Step 4: Your Turn: How to Answer

Multiple Choice

Reread the sentence below:

“By his side was a scimitar of diamond, all of one clear precious stone…”

Dictionary Entry (trimmed):

precious \ˈpreSHəs\

adjective

1.-of great value; not to be wasted

2-excessively refined

noun
3-a term used to address a beloved person

adverb
4-very; extremely

Using the REPLACEMENT STRATEGY 🔁, which definition best fits the sentence?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Multiple Choice

Reread the sentence below:

“These sandals of mine will bear you across the seas…”

Dictionary Entry (from Study Sync, formatted):

bear \ber\

verb

1- to assume or accept

2- to carry

noun
3.-a large, heavy mammal
4- something difficult to deal with

Using the REPLACEMENT STRATEGY 🔁, which definition best fits the sentence?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4