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WorksheetsEDUC347 - Examples 4 & 5
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 29mins
What are the THREE kinds of structural units (morphemic units) useful in figuring out the meaning of unknown words? Check all.
compound words
prefixes and suffixes
inflectional morphemes
vowel sounds
consonant clusters
You could tell your students that the word "teacher" is made up of two meaning units: "teach" and "er".
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You could tell your students that the word "notebook" is made up of two meaning units: "note" and "book".
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You could tell your students that the word "important" is made up of two meaning units: "im" and "portant".
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You could tell your students that the word "impossible" is made up of two meaning units: "im" and "possible".
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Students should use the structural analysis of compound words strategy only when they see that a word is _________________________.
made up of two meaning units
longer than 5 letters
made up of two words they already know
Which sentences could a teacher use when explaining to students how to use the structural analysis strategy?
"When I see a big word, I look it up in the dictionary."
"When I see a big word, I try to find if it contains smaller words I know."
"I put these two words alone and see if each one has a meaning I know.
"All long words are compound words."
Understanding compound words. prefixes, and suffixes helps students in spelling words when they write.
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(a) is the strategy of using prior knowledge to guess what is going to happen.
Readers make predictions based on: (tick all)
sentence structure
reading purpose
topic clues
personal interest
text type
A student who has a difficulty anticipating meaning and predicting events will not have answer for the question:
"What is the type of text?"
"What is the author's purpose?"
"What do you think will happen next?"
"What lesson did you learn?"
Finding topic clues in order to predict what will happen in the selection means:
I connect words the author says to my experience and what I know from before about the topic.
I look for synonyms and antonyms related to the topic.
I ask a friend if they know what the topic is about.
