1. “Smart Start”
Take the next 3 minutes to SILENTLY study for your Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz.
Take out a clean piece of notebook paper. DO NOT WRITE ON THE NOTEBOOK PAPER YET.

2. Quiz Preparation
Write your first/last name, class period, and the date (Sept. 15).
Title the paper, “Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz”.
Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence.

3. Word Bank: virtuoso, obstinate, preclude, trowel, conflagration
A ______________ is one of many tools frequently used by individuals to plant flowers.
Prideful individuals are often ____________in their opinions and find it difficult to accept logical suggestions.
B.B. King is arguably the greatest guitar _____________the world has ever known.
During the War of 1812, British troops set a__________ that laid the White House to ashes.
Rules and classroom expectations_____________students from misbehaving.

4. Week 2 Vocab. Quiz Answers
A trowel is one of many tools frequently used by individuals to plant flowers.
Prideful individuals are often obstinate in their opinions and find it difficult to accept logical suggestions.
B.B. King is arguably the greatest guitar virtuoso the world has ever known.
During the War of 1812, British troops set a conflagration that laid the White House to ashes.
Rules and classroom expectations preclude students from misbehaving.

5. Word Bank: finagle, cacophony, misnomer, fastidious, brevity
The _____________of the defendant’s testimony made the jury suspicious.
Rules against performance enhancing drugs were put into place to prevent athletes trying to _____________ their way to success.
It is a common________________that tomatoes are vegetables.
Pharmacists must have _________________ attention do detail, ensuring patients receive the correct medication.
A choir that harmonizes is the exact opposite of ______________.

6. Week 2 Vocab. Answers (Pre-AP)
The brevity of the defendant’s testimony made the jury suspicious.
Rules against performance enhancing drugs were put into place to prevent athletes trying to finagle their way to success.
It is a common misnomer that tomatoes are vegetables.
Pharmacists must have fastidious attention do detail, ensuring patients receive the correct medication.
A choir that harmonizes is the exact opposite of cacophony.

7. Announcements
Week 3 Vocabulary Quiz on 9/22.
Unit Test on 9/24.

8. Homework
Define Week 3 Vocabulary (Due Tuesday 9/16)

9. Objective
SWBAT use context clues to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words.

10. Context Clues
Most writers leave context clues as they write.  It is our job as the reader to hunt them down!
Context Clues: hints that surround unfamiliar words or phrases and clarify their meanings.

11. Steps to Use Context Clues
What:
Context clues are hints that surround unfamiliar words or phrases and clarify their meanings
Why:
Context clues are important because they help you understand unfamiliar words.
How:
Good readers use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by:
Underlining the word you do not know.
Read the sentence without the unfamiliar word.
Think about the sentence and what familiar word would fit in.
Determine a meaning for the unfamiliar word.

12. How to hunt down the meaning of a word by using the clues around it
Vocabulary in Context
How to hunt down the meaning of a word by using the clues around it

13. What is Vocabulary in Context?
Our Final Calculation:
Better Vocabulary Skills Which = Better Comprehension Which = Better Grades!
Lets break it into two parts
“Vocabulary”
(words in your text books) +
“In Context”
(how those words relate to the words around them)

14. How Does Vocabulary in Context work?
Most writers leave context clues as they write. It is our job as the reader to hunt them down!
You Follow The Clues

15. There are 4 main types of Context Clues
The 4 Types
Rewording the word.
Giving its Synonym.
Giving its Antonym.
Giving us Details about the word.

16. Context Clues: Rewording
Rewording is when the author says the word in another way, that is usually easier to understand.

17. Context Clues: Rewording
Let’s Look at an Example:
Resentment
, a feeling of bitterness and anger, is often felt by people who are passed over for promotions.
What does the word resentment mean in this sentence?

18. Context Clues: Rewording
Lets look at this sentence
a little more closely for
CLUES!

19. Context Clues: Rewording
If you wanted to find the meaning of the word RESENTMENT the clue is right here.
Resentment, , is often felt by people who are passed over for promotions.
a feeling of bitterness and anger
Resentment is:

20. Context Clues: Rewording
Now You Give It A Try!
The Cruise family moved from their house, that was old and run-down, into a brand new home.
dilapidated
What does the word dilapidated mean here?
HINT: In REWORDING, the context clues are often hidden between commas!

21. Context Clues: Rewording
The Cruise family moved from their dilapidated house, that was , into a brand new home.
Dilapidated means
old and run-down
Did you find the Context Clue?

22. Context Clues: Synonyms
A synonym context clue is one or two words that mean almost the same as the unknown word.

23. Context Clues: Synonyms
Let’s Look at an Example:
The young girl was very She always seemed unsociable, unapproachable, and uninterested.
aloof
What does the word aloof mean in this sentence?

24. Context Clues: Synonyms
Did You Notice Any Clues?

25. Context Clues: Synonyms
The young girl was very aloof. She always seemed
unsociable, unapproachable, and uninterested.
Our context clue is HERE!

26. Context Clues: Synonyms
All three of these words are synonyms to help us with the original word aloof
The young girl was very aloof. She always seemed
unsociable, unapproachable, and uninterested.
The word aloof means:

27. Now You Give It A Try! Context Clues: Synonyms
The three brothers began to
over the game.
This was not the first time that they had a fight over it.
altercate
What does the word altercate mean here?
HINT: SYNONYM context clues are often hidden in surrounding sentences!

28. Altercate means the same as
Context Clues: Synonyms
The three brothers began to altercate over the game.
This was not the first time that they had a over it.
Altercate means the same as
fight
Did you find any Context Clues????

29. Context Clues: Antonyms
An antonym context clue is when a word with opposite meaning is used to give us hints about the unfamiliar word

30. Context Clues: Antonyms
Let’s Look at an Example:
Dianna appeared to be a very moral and upstanding young lady, but those who knew her knew that she was
iniquitous.
What does the word iniquitous mean in this sentence?

31. Lets Go Find Those Clues!
Context Clues: Antonyms
Antonym Context Clues often take a little more detective work to understand.
Lets Go Find Those Clues!

32. Context Clues: Antonyms
The word BUT tells us that the two parts of the sentence represent opposite points of view about Dianna
There is a special word in this sentence that hints at the presence of an antonym.
Dianna appeared to be a very moral and upstanding young lady, those who knew her knew that she was iniquitous.
but

33. Context Clues: Antonyms
The two opposite points of view are:
That Dianna is moral and upstanding.
That she is iniquitous
Dianna appeared to be a very
young lady, but those who knew her knew that she was
therefore means the opposite of
moral and upstanding
Iniquitous must mean evil and immoral
iniquitous

34. Now You Give It A Try! Context Clues: Antonyms
David was very outgoing as opposed to his older sister.
coy
What does the word coy mean here?
HINT: ANTONYM context clues always have hint words to tell us that there are opposites present!

35. Context Clues: Antonyms
Did you find the hint words?
David was very outgoing
his coy older sister.
as opposed to
Coy must mean the opposite of outgoing!

36. Context Clues: Details
Details context clues are used when there are explanations or examples that hint at the unfamiliar word.

37. Context Clues: Details
There are several different kinds of Context Clues that are Details.
Details that are examples of the unknown word.
Details that tell why the unknown word has taken place.
Details that explain how the word relates to other things the author has stated.

38. Context Clues: Details
Let’s Look at an Example:
Father was because Joshua decided to go to the college that he wanted him to.
ecstatic
What does the word ecstatic mean in this sentence?

39. Context Clues: Details
Lets find those
context clues!

40. Context Clues: Details
There is a special word in this sentence that hints at the presence of a detail.
Ecstatic must mean the same as happy!
The word BECAUSE tells us that the writer is about to say why Father was ecstatic.
Father was ecstatic
“Ecstatic” was how Father felt
Joshua decided to go to the college that he wanted him to.
because

41. Now You Give It A Try! Context Clues: Details
Brian was when he left the school building. He ran through the halls, jumped in his car, and sped off.
expeditious
What does the word expeditious mean here?

42. Context Clues: Details
Did you figure out what types of details the writer is giving us about how Brian left school?
Brian was expeditious when he left the school building.
How did Brian leave?
He ran through the halls, jumped in his car, and sped off.
Expeditious Must Mean FAST!

43. Context Clues: Review Lets Review What We Have Learned
There are 4 main types of Context Clues
Rewording the word.
Giving its Synonym.
Giving its Antonym.
Giving Details about it.