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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 1: Level 11 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 11 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 2: Level 11 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 11 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 3: Level 11 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 11 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 1: Level 12 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 12 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 2: Level 12 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 12 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 3: Level 12 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 12 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Can Infer Meaning of Word From Context [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students will find a reference poster that will help students inference. Students will find step-by-step directions to help them infer meanings of new words.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Close Reading of Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking"

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that explain an inductive method for analyzing poetry. Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking" is analyzed using this model as an example, although the method can be used on a variety of poems. In addition to...
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Handout
Other

Uncp: Using a Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Curious about what a dictionary might tell you beyond how to spell a word? This site will walk you through the basics of using any dictionary, as well as suggest why you might want to consult one on a regular basis. L.9-10.4c References,...
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Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Elections, Word List & Cliches

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 60 vocabulary words pertaining to elections. It also offers an extensive Vocabulary Word List for Election (393) and a list of election cliches.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Common Content Area Roots and Affixes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This table offers 50 or so common roots, prefixes, and suffixes, their definitions, and sample words in the content areas. L.9-10.4b Patterns/word changes
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Key Literacy Component: Morphology

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Morphology describes how words are formed from building blocks called morphemes, the smallest unit of meaning in a word. Students who don't understand this structure have trouble recognizing, understanding, and spelling words. Find out...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Teaching Word Meanings as Concepts

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The most effective vocabulary instruction teaches word meanings as concepts; it connects the words being taught with their context and with the students' prior knowledge. Six techniques have proven especially effective: Concept...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Interpreting Vocabulary in Context

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how to interpret vocabulary by using context. L.9-10.4a Context/Meaning, L.11-12.4a Words/Context
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Definition Context Clues

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review the concept of using context clues to comprehend unfamiliar words or phrases in a given text. Types of context clues and their definitions are also included.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Evaluating the Connotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on evaluating the connotation of a vocabulary word. It defines connotation and gives an example. It details three steps: read the word in context, determine the tone of the overall reading, and compare the tone with...
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Evaluating Possible Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how to evaluate the possible meanings of vocabulary words. An audio lesson [3:07] and notes are included in this tutorial. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.4
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Examining Nearby Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how to examine nearby words when determining the meaning of vocabulary words. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content. L.11-12.4 Word Meanings, L.11-12.4a Words/Context
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Answering Based on Context

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slideshow tutorial lesson, students will review how to answer questions based on context clues. Definitions and short examples are provided related to how to find context clues and then apply the textual evidence to reading...
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Unit Plan
Savvas Learning

Pearson Education: The Longman Vocabulary Website: Using Context Clues

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover how to use context clues to improve your reading skills. This resource features exercises for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. L.9-10.4a, L.8.2.B Context/Meaning
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Materials Printed and Electronic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Applying Word Study Strategies (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Apply previous lessons, (1) Linguistic Roots and Affixes, (2) Denotation and Connotation, (3) Origins and Meanings of Foreign Words, (4) Cognates, and (5) Reference Materials, to improve fluency and comprehension.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Annotate for Meaning (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to annotate or mark a text as you read and re-read to gain a deeper understanding of the text.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Denotation and Connotation (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You will be able to distinguish between the denotative (dictionary) meaning of a word and its connotative (emotions or associations that are implied rather than literal) meaning. L.9-10.5b nuances