111…Context Clues

Title: Tuguega-RADYO ESKWELA

Lesson: CONTEXT CLUES
Format: School On-Air
Length: 30 minutes
Scriptwriter: Michael John Anthony R. Fugaban
Objective: Determine the meaning of words and expressions that reflect local
culture through context clues (EN8V-If-6)

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3 HOST Rise and shine! Good morning my dear Grade 8 learners!

4 This is Tuguega-Radyo Eskwela on DZDA 105.3 FM and we are

5 glad to be with you for another fun learning experience while you are

6 at the comfort of your homes. I am your host, ________________.

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8 HOST Please find for a comfortable spot in your homes or wherever you

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15 HOST At this moment, may I request you to get your module for today’s

16 lesson on determining the meaning of words and expressions that

17 reflect local culture through context clues. I repeat, the lesson we

18 will be discussing today is all about context clues. Please get your

19 module now. You may also get your pen and paper for you to take

20 note important details of today’s topic.

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2 HOST As I have said, our topic today is on determining the meaning of

3 words and expressions that reflect local culture through context

4 clues. But before we go deeper our lesson, let me ask you this

5 question based on this situation: While reading an article, you

6 encountered an unfamiliar word, what are you going to do to know

7 its meaning? (PAUSE)

8 I believe most of you will say that you are going to look for its

9 meaning in the dictionary. Dictionary nowadays are even more

10 convenient because aside from the printed ones, dictionaries can

11 also be installed as mobile applications in our smartphones.

12 Thanks to our continuously improving technology!

13 But here’s another question: What if at the moment you encountered

14 the unfamiliar word, a dictionary in any form is not available? How

15 will know its meaning? (PAUSE)

16 Don’t panic! Today’s lesson will help you determine the meaning of

17 such unfamiliar words even without the use of a dictionary. Sounds

18 interesting, right? We shall discuss further after this short reminder.

19 Dear learners, please stand by.

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22 HOST And we are back! As promised, we shall now be discussing our

23 topic on context clues. I hope you have now with you your module,

24 pen and paper so you can easily follow in our discussion. Are you

25 ready? If so, here is your Radio Teacher, Teacher ____________.

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2 TEACHER Good morning grade 8 learners! I am your Teacher _____________

3 Today, we will be talking about context clues. At the end of this

4 lesson, you are expected to be able to determine the meaning of

5 words and expressions that reflect local culture through context

6 clues. Are you ready?

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8 TEACHER Let us start!

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10 TEACHER Please turn your module to page 5. Let’s read the poem Context

11 clues. Follow me as I read the poem. Let’s start in 3, 2, 1.

12 Tick tock, tick tock, I am stuck!

13 How can I unlock? How can I unlock?

14 When unfamiliar words are the ones that block!

15 Strategize, strategize, vocabulary wise!

16 Familiarize, familiarize, the words that arise

17 Hints here, signals there, clues are everywhere

18 Categorize, conceptualize and then contextualize

19 Context clues are the ones that guide.

20 (READ SLOWLY)

21 Let’s do it again! (READ AGAIN, MODERATE SPEED)

22 The poem tells us what to do when we encounter unfamiliar words

23 while reading a text. We have been mentioning the words context

24 clues. What are context clues? By looking at the words

25 context and clues themselves, it directs us to look for clues in the

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1 context. Let us have these examples in page 6 of your module.

2 Take note of the underlined words and let us try to give their

3 meanings.

4 Sentence 1: As a writer, Dr. Jose Rizal used several pseudonyms

5 so as not to reveal his identity. (READ SLOWLY, EMPHASIZE

6 UNDERLINED WORD) The underlined word is pseudonyms. What

7 Do you think is the meaning of this word? (PAUSE)

8 The answer is pen names. How did we arrive at this meaning? What

9 clues in the sentences suggest this meaning? It is the phrase not to

10 reveal that hinted us that pseudonym means pen name. Let’s have

11 the next sentence. Sentence 2: We should be prudent in what we

12 say so as not to hurt the feelings of others. What do you think is the

13 meaning of the word prudent? The answer is careful. What are the

14 words in the sentence that suggest its meaning? The phrase not to

15 hurt. Prudent in other words, is careful. If you substitute this word for

16 prudent, it will not change the message of the sentence.

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18 TEACHER Context clues are hints found within a sentence, a paragraph or a

19 passage that a reader can use to understand the meaning of

20 unfamiliar words. Learning the meaning of a word based on how it

21 is used in the sentence is the most practical way to build vocabulary

22 since a dictionary may not always be available when you encounter

23 such unknown words. So even if you are not using a dictionary, you

24 can determine the meaning of a difficult word through the clues

25 provided by the words surrounding it and as aided by your prior

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1 knowledge. Thus, how the word is used in the sentence helps you

2 understand its meaning.

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4 TEACHER There are different types of context clues. Please read pages 7 to 8

5 of your module.

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7 TEACHER We have there the following by definition, by synonym, by antonym,

8 By Comparison, by example, by explanation, by cause and effect, by

9 list or series of clues and lastly, by inference. These will help you

10 Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

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12 TEACHER Sometimes, unfamiliar words come from those that reflect local

13 culture. These words are commonly found in stories and

14 poems where the author uses words and expressions to

15 highlight the culture of people coming from a specific locality

16 or region. Through these words as well as style of writing,

17 the readers get a glimpse of the culture from which a literary

18 piece originates. Interestingly, these words have made it to the

19 Mainstream English language. You can determine the meaning

20 Of these words that reflect local culture by looking into hints or

21 Clues from the words that surrounds it in the sentence.

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23 TEACHER For example, this sentence from Amador T. Daguio’s

24 The Wedding Dance: Could she not, alone among all women,

25 dance like a bird tripping for grains on the ground, beautifully

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1 timed to the beat of the gangsas? (READ SLOWLY, TWICE)

2 Let’s focus on the word gangsa. As someone who does not

3 know the meaning of this word may study carefully the

4 sentence where it was used. The words dance and beat

5 found in the same sentence, are clues that could tell us that

6 gangsa is a musical instrument.

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8 TEACHER Let’s have another example. This time it’s a sentence from

9 The Witch by Edilberto K. Tiempo.

10 The woman was soaking her sparse gray hair with the gogo

11 suds. (READ SLOWLY, TWICE) The unfamiliar word is gogo.

12 The words soaking, hair and suds as used in the same sentence

13 would hint us that gogo is something used to cleanse the hair.

14 Gangsa and gogo are both unfamiliar words that reflect a local

15 Culture of localities or regions where these words are used.

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17 Now, I will give you some ways to help you build your skill

18 In determining the meaning of unfamiliar words through

19 context clues. First, read the sentence carefully and look for

20 words surrounding the unfamiliar word because these could be

21 hints or clues to its meaning. Second, search for explanations

22 or descriptions that include details or examples. Third,

23 consider all ideas before and after the unfamiliar word. You

24 may suggest different meanings at first, but choose the most

consistent and appropriate in the whole statement.
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2 TEACHER Also remember the different types of context clues enumerated in

3 Your module namely: by definition, by synonym, by antonym, by

4 Comparison, by example, by explanation, by cause and effect, by

5 list or series of clues and lastly, by inference. These will help you

6 Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

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8 TEACHER So that is all about determining the meaning of unfamiliar words that

9 reflect local culture using context clues. To recap, context clues are

10 words that are used as hints or clues to give the meaning of the

11 unfamiliar words. These are words found in text that could suggest

12 how the unfamiliar word is used in the context. Meanwhile,

13 unfamiliar words may come from those that reflect local culture

14 of localities or regions where these words are used.

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16 TEACHER That’s all for our lesson today! I hope you understood what

17 context clues are and you can now determine the meaning of

18 unfamiliar words especially those that reflect local culture

19 through context clues.

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21 TEACHER To check if you have learned something today, you will have a

22 a short quiz about our lesson which will be facilitated by our

23 Host, ____. Do your best learners! Again, this is your Radio

24 Teacher_______ for Tuguega-Radyo Eskwela. Until our

25 next lesson learners! Thank you for listening to our broadcast!

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2 HOST You have just listened to the discussion of Teacher ___________,

3 Thank you, ma’am, for that very comprehensive discussion

4 About determining the meaning of unfamiliar words that reflect

5 Local culture using context clues. Now, we can unlock the

6 Meaning of unfamiliar words even without using the dictionary.

7 Just look for surrounding words in the sentence, these can be

8 Clues and hints and Viola! We can already give their meanings.

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10 HOST As said by our Radio Teacher, we will test if you learned

11 something about context clues. We shall have a short activity.

12 Please turn your module to page 10. You will do Assessment 1.

13 For the instructions, Read and figure out the meaning of each

14 italicized word using context clues. Write the letter of your answer

15 on your paper. Follow me as I will read each Sentence. You are

16 given five seconds to write the letter that corresponds to the

17 Most appropriate meaning. Are you ready? Let’s start!

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19 HOST First Sentence: In the Tower of the Great Bell: now the mallet is

20 lifted to smite the lips of the metal monster— the vast lips

21 inscribed with Buddhist texts. (READ TWICE)

22 1. A mallet is ____. A. an ax B. a saw C. a knife D. a hammer

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24 HOST 2. To smite is to _________. A. caress B. cut C. hit D. touch

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1 HOST Next Sentence: All the little dragons on the high-tilted eaves of the

2 green roofs shiver to the tips of their gilded tails under that deep

3 wave of sound. (READ TWICE)

4 3. 3. To shiver is to ____. A. fall on one’s knees

5 B. be vanished forever

6 C. tremble at the loud sound

7 D. be destroyed by the gilded tails

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9 HOST All the green-and-gold tiles of the temple are vibrating; the wooden

10 goldfish above them are writhing against the sky. 

11 4. Writhing means ___. A. hanging B. leading C. pointing D. twisting

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13 HOST Therefore, the worthy mandarin Kouan-Yu assembled the master-

14 molders and the renowned bell smiths of the empire, and all men of

15 great repute and cunning in foundry work. 

16 5. Cunning means _____. A. expert B. innocent C. master D. skillful

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18 HOST 6. Foundry means ________.A. factory B. farm C. market D. garden

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20 HOST Therefore, the molds had to be once more prepared, and the fires

21 rekindled, and the metal remelted, and all the work tediously, and

22 toilsomely repeated. 

23 7. Rekindled means _________. A. lighted again B. fueled the fire

24 C. stopped the fire D. set on fire again 

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1 HOST 8. Toilsomely means _____.A. hardly B. lightly C. mindfully D. slowly

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3 HOST “Gold and brass will never meet in wedlock, silver, and iron never

4 will embrace, until the flesh of a maiden be melted in the crucible;

5 until the blood of a virgin be mixed with the metals in their fusion.” 

6 9. What does the statement mean?

7 A. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will fuse when mixed with blood.

8 B. The blood of a virgin maiden is made up of gold, brass, silver,

9 and iron.  C. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will fuse when mixed with

10 the blood of a virgin. D. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will never be

11 fused together by a virgin maiden. 

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13 HOST And even as she cried, she leaped into the white flood of metal. 

14 10. Leaped means _____. A. Jumped B. ran C. skipped D. squatted

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16 HOST That ends our short quiz! Did you get all the meaning of the

17 unfamiliar words? Make sure you have answered all the items in

18 Assessment 1. Let us now check if you got the meanings right.

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20 HOST 1. D. a hammer 2. C. hit 3. C. tremble at the loud sound

21 4. D. twisting 5. D. skillful 6. A. factory 7. A. lighted again

22 8.A. hardly 9. C. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will fuse when mixed

23 With the blood of a virgin. 10. A. jumped (READ ANSWERS TWICE)

24 Did you get the meanings correctly? I hope you did well in the

25 First activity. If not, try to read and analyze the sentences again.
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2 HOST And we are done our lesson and short quiz! To remind us the

3 Importance of context clues, once again, let us recite the poem

4 Context Clues On page 5 of your module. In 3, 2, 1…

5 Tick tock, tick tock, I am stuck!

6 How can I unlock? How can I unlock?

7 When unfamiliar words are the ones that block!

8 Strategize, strategize, vocabulary wise!

9 Familiarize, familiarize, the words that arise

10 Hints here, signals there, clues are everywhere

11 Categorize, conceptualize and then contextualize

12 Context clues are the ones that guide.

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HOST Bravo! We hope you learned something in today’s discussion.
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For your assignment, answer Assessment on page 16-17 of your
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HOST That’s all for today, learners! To fully understand our lesson,
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you may read the rest of the lecture notes about this topic and
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answer the rest of the activities in your module. You may also have
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further readings in other reading materials and internet sources.
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