1. Reverse the process. Have them create sentences or passages with challenging words and require them to add context clues that would help the reader understand the challenging word.
2. Take some simple passages and change one of the words to another language, ie French, Spanish, or even a nonsense word. Have them try to determine the meaning based on the English portion (context clues). Example: I can't believe they put "fromage" on my burger again. I told them I'm allergic to dairy products. Hope these can help. On the bright side, however, at least you have students who are willing to look up the words in the dictionary. Many of mine won't even bother to do that. Victor Sheets Ozark Junior High 7th Grade Reading 417.582.5902 Ext. 3357 [EMAIL PROTECTED] VISIT MY WEBSITE @ http://www.sheetsreading.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Debbie Parker Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 4:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LIT] teaching context clues Hi -- Does anyone have any great ideas how to explain to 7th graders about figuring our context clues to understand vocab? My kids want to immediately turn to the dictionary which of course interrupts their comprehension. Although there is a time for dictionary look ups, I need to give some direct lessons in context. Thanks, _______________________________________________ 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 Debbie Parker 203-470-7705 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
