Exploring Context Clues in Reading

The video tutorial teaches how to use context clues to define new words while reading. It explains that context clues can be words or pictures that help infer the meaning of unknown words. The video provides examples, such as understanding 'Autumn' as 'Fall' and 'vertices' as 'corners', and offers practice with words like 'extremely' and 'very'. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of using context clues to enhance comprehension.

What are context clues?

• Definitions provided at the end of the book

• Pictures unrelated to the text

• Words that sound similar to the unknown word

• Information on the page that helps guess the meaning of an unknown word

What can context clues include?

• Only antonyms

• Words or pictures

• Only pictures

• Only synonyms

What season does 'autumn' refer to?

• Fall

• Autumn

• Summer

• Spring

What does the word 'fall' have in common with 'autumn'?

• They are completely unrelated

• They mean the opposite things

• They are types of trees

• They refer to the same season

How can 'extremely' be best described?

• Slightly

• Not at all

• Rarely

• Very

What strategy is used to guess the meaning of 'extremely'?

• Asking a friend

• Inferring from context

• Using a dictionary

• Looking at a picture

What does 'vertices' mean in the context of shapes?

• Textures

• Colors

• Corners

• Sides

How is 'vertices' related to 'corners'?

• They have no relation

• They are antonyms

• They are synonyms

• Vertices are a type of corner

Why are context clues important?

• They help in guessing the meaning of unknown words

• They replace the need for a dictionary

• They provide exact definitions

• They make reading more difficult

What should you do if you encounter an unknown word?

• Skip it

• Change the word with a known one

• Guess its meaning using context clues

• Stop reading