Context Clues: Key Details

The video tutorial explains the importance of context clues in understanding unfamiliar words. It provides examples using the words 'dilemma' and 'segregated', demonstrating how surrounding sentences offer key details to infer meanings. A cloze activity with Ruby Bridges and a practice exercise with the Wright Brothers further illustrate the use of context clues. The tutorial emphasizes the role of context clues in enhancing vocabulary comprehension.

What is the primary purpose of context clues in a text?

• To summarize the text

• To confuse the reader

• To help understand unfamiliar words

• To provide entertainment

In the example with Helena, what does the word 'dilemma' mean?

• Plan

• Solution

• Disease

• Problem

What context clue helps define the word 'segregated' in the Ruby Bridges story?

• Ruby's favorite subject

• The Supreme Court ruling

• Ruby was a brave girl

• Ruby attended an all-black kindergarten

What is a cloze activity?

• A game with no rules

• A math problem

• A type of test with missing words

• A story about Ruby Bridges

In the Wright Brothers exercise, what word completes the sentence: 'The brothers did not want to ___ how they had built their plane'?

• Tell

• Hide

• Steal

• Sell

What did the Wright Brothers fear someone would do with their design?

• Destroy

• Steal

• Ignore

• Improve

What is the significance of context clues in reading comprehension?

• They are not important

• They are only useful for children

• They help in understanding the text better

• They make reading more difficult