I think we need to teach our students that they should try context clues, but that they often do not work. Beck teaches there are 4 types of context, and this is what I teach my students. Here is an example of each type of context: Categories of Natural Context:
Misdirective - There’s a wireless and lots of books. Nondirective - Paula put down her pirn, wrapped herself in a paduasoy, and entered puerperium. General Context - Eagles eat carrion mostly in the winter, when other food is hard to find. Directive Context - Eagles have talons, or claws, to help hold slippery, wriggling fish. I think when we teach context, we also need to teach flexibility of thinking. On Feb 3, 2008, at 7:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > we do not do any dictionary work in my high school classroom. > they are > struggling readers and i have found the dictionary will not help. > they are not > inclined to work their way through the definitions to find the > correct one. > would they not have to understand the context anyway to find the > correct > dictionary meaning? we use context clues to find the definition > because they will > not have a dictionary to use during a test or the SAT and sadly, > they will > not make the effort to use one when they come across a word they > do not > understand when reading anytime. > > *\l/**\l/**\l/*Lynn*\l/**\l/**\l/* > Once you learn to read, you will be forever free" > > -Frederick Douglass > http://readingsisters101.blogspot.com/ > > > > **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy? > NCID=aolcmp003000000025 > 48) > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http:// > literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
