1. Voice: How do you find the meaning of a word in bold
Voice: How do you find the meaning of a word in bold? For example, how do we find the meaning of the bold word seen here: Draft

2. Readers, In this lesson you will learn how to find the meaning of bold words by using a glossary.

3. Voice: Let’s Review. We’ve been reading the nonfiction article, The Declaration of Independence and the First Fourth of July. In this article, we’ve focused on nonfiction text features- photos and captions and subtitles

4. Review: Nonfiction articles also have features such as bold words and a glossary, two features we will focus on in our lesson. Bold when referring to a word, signifies the darkened color- take a look at the word draft…it is written darker than the rest of the text. This draws attention to the word and gives a signal to the reader!

5. Voice: Let’s talk about a common mistake
Voice: Let’s talk about a common mistake. Oftentimes when reading nonfiction articles we come across new and difficult words to understand. This can be frustrating and sometimes it makes a reader want to stop reading- or a reader will skip the difficult word and keep reading. It’s important to remember, however, that there are easy strategies to help us determine the meaning of unknown words. In this article, we have a helpful tool: the glossary.

6. Voice: Before we being our lesson, let’s talk about two important words that will be used throughout this lesson: Restate and reread. You’ll notice both words have the prefix “re” which means again. Restate means to say something again- and oftentimes, if someone asks you to restate they would like you to say it again but in a different way- a way that’s easier to understand. We will be restating the definition of a bold word from the glossary using our own words. Reread mean to read again.

7. Restate the definition Reread to plug in the definition
Glossary
Restate the definition
Reread to plug in the definition
Voice: In this lesson, when we come across a word in bold, we will practice: finding the word in the glossary, restating the definition in our own words, and finally, rereading to plug in the definition.

8. Voice: Let’s begin! Take a look at this section from our article, The Declaration of Independence and the First Fourth of July. Not long before, the colonies had established a Continental Congress. The Continental Congress was made up of delegates from each of the thirteen colonies and served as the government.-
Let’s stop and notice our word in bold: Delegates. Before we continue reading, let’s turn to the glossary to find the definition. Delegate: A person representation or making decisions for a large group.

9. Voice: Let’s see if we can restate the definition of delegate
Voice: Let’s see if we can restate the definition of delegate. This is what I said: A delegate is a person who represents a large group; in otherwords, a leader. Think of someone you know who makes decisions for a large group- in class, you might have a group leader during a project- that person would be a delegate. A president is a delegate for a country!

10. Voice: Now let’s go back to the text, reread the sentence and plug in our definition of delegate. The Continental Congress was made up of leaders from each of the thirteen colonies and served as the government. We could also say, The Continental Congress was made up of people who represented the large group and made decisions.

11. Voice: Let’s practice one more time
Voice: Let’s practice one more time! Thomas Jefferson felt just as strongly about independence as the rest of the Continental Congress. He toiled day and night to get every word just right.
We’ve come across a word in bold, toiled, so before we keep reading, we know to turn to the glossary to find the definition. Toil means to work very hard at something.

12. Voice: To restate in my own words, I shortened the definition: toil means to work hard. When I reread and plug the definition in, it sounds like this: Thomas Jefferson felt just as strongly about independence as the rest of the Continental Congress. He worked hard day and night to get every word just right.
By restating the definition and plugging it back in, we can see how a difficult word, toiled, is no longer so difficult to understand! Toiled means to work hard!

13. So readers, when you come across a word in bold, follow these steps: 1) Find the word in the glossary 2) restate the definition in your own words and 3) reread to plug in the definition

14. Voice: In this lesson you have learned how to find the meaning of bold words by using a glossary.

15. Restate the definition Reread to plug in the definition
Glossary
Restate the definition
Reread to plug in the definition

17. Using the reading strategy you just learned, see if you can apply this strategy to another nonfiction text.
Choose a nonfiction article (with a glossary)
Practice restating the definition of words in bold
Practice rereading and plugging in the new definition
In your notebook, write the bolded words and their definitions (in your own words)
Share your new words with a buddy

18. A synonym is a word that means exactly (or nearly) the same as another word. An antonym is a word that is opposite of another word.
Using the words from the glossary in The Declaration of Independence article, list at least 2 synonyms for each.
After you’ve found similar words, see if you can find words that mean the opposite (antonyms).

19. Find the meaning of the word in bold by following the steps from this lesson.
**Write the sentence with your restated definition so your teacher can check your work.