Lesson Topic Using context to understand meaning of new words_____________
Date___9/28/14___
Grade / Proficiency Level __4th _grade_______________________
Goals/Objectives: Students will use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words. Students will speak using grade-level content area vocabulary in context to internalize new English words and build academic language proficiency
Prior Knowledge and Skills needed: Knowledge of searching in text to find evidence
Materials Needed: Chart paper, text that provides opportunity for , graphic organizer, student’s reader response journal
Key Vocabulary: context clues
Anticipatory Set: Ask: What do you do when you come across an unfamiliar word?
Instructional Strategies: Applying
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Tell students that context clues help you figure out an unknown word. Key words and sentences around an unknown word provide clues and they are called context clues. Students need to play detective because sometimes the context clues are near to the unknown word or other times can be in the paragraph before or after. Students will use poster (on chart paper) that has the definition of context clues and “key questions” as reference. Teacher will read paragraphs from text and identify the word and demonstrate aloud the use of key questions to model appropriate use of the strategy. Teacher will model the appropriate use of the strategy for one paragraph then move on model it in two more paragraphs. Students will use key questions to help them with understanding and graphic …show more content…
Students will use readers’ response journals to record evidence. Students share responses with class to confirm understanding. Teacher will closely monitor to ensure understanding. Teacher will write a new word on board and ask students to practice in their group. Instruct students to refer to text to look around the new word to find clues that help define the new word. Teacher will ask key questions and write responses on board. Give possible definitions along with incorrect definitions. Ask students why a response could be incorrect. Students will practice two more