Lesson Plan: Context Clues

Objective:

Students will be able to understand unfamiliar words using different context clues.

Prior Knowledge Assessment:

To assess students' prior knowledge about context clues, the teacher will conduct a brief discussion
using the following questions:
1. Can you define what a context clue is?
2. Have you ever encountered a word you didn't know the meaning of? How did you figure out
what it meant?
3. Can you give an example of a context clue?

Lesson Plan:

1. Introduction
● Engage students by showing a short video clip from YouTube that introduces the
concept of context clues. Use a YouTube player to display the video.
● Ask students to provide examples of situations where they encountered unfamiliar
words and how they understood their meaning.
● Write down students' responses on a whiteboard.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHCpJ86XDY4&t=3s
3. Types of Context Clues (5 mins)
● Present different types of context clues using a slide or whiteboard:
● Definition: The meaning of the word is directly provided within the sentence
or passage.
● Synonym: A word with a similar meaning is used to help understand the
unknown word.
● Antonym: A word with the opposite meaning is used to help understand the
unknown word.
● Example: Examples or descriptions are given to help understand the unknown
word.
● Provide examples for each type of context clue and ask students to identify which
type it belongs to.
4. Identifying Context Clues (6 mins)
● Display a short passage or sentence on the whiteboard that contains an unfamiliar
word.
● Model the process of identifying and using context clues to understand the meaning
of the word.
● Ask students to list the context clues they identified and how they used them to
determine the word's meaning.
● Allow students to write and draw on the whiteboard using annotations to highlight
the context clues.
5. Practice Activity (4 mins)
● Play this game with Ss:
https://wordwall.net/resource/37907360/context-clues/context-clues#
6. Wrap-up and Review (2 mins)
● Summarize the main points discussed in the lesson.
● Ask students to share any new strategies they learned for understanding unfamiliar
words.
● Reward students with virtual stickers or points for active participation and correct
responses.
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Exit Ticket

Context Clues

Choose the correct answer.

1. The rain was pouring heavily, and everyone got wet.

a) eating very quickly

b) coming down heavily in a steady stream

2. Sarah's voice was soft and gentle as she sang the lullaby to her baby brother.

a) kind and careful

b) loud and noisy

3. The little girl was frightened of the dark and asked her mom to turn on the nightlight.

a) feeling scared or frightened

b) feeling happy and excited

4. The bakery smelled delicious, and the children couldn't resist the freshly baked cookies.

a) having a very bad smell

b) tasting or smelling very good

5. The students listened attentively as the teacher explained the new lesson.

a) in a careful and interested way

b) in a careless and disinterested way

 My friend is sometimes hasty when
he does his homework. He does it too
quick quickly and is careless.

I was astonished and amazed when I

won free tickets to the concert!
surprised

My sister is compassionate but

loving sometimes she can be mean.

Her hostility, or hatred, towards this

anger system makes everyone frown upon
her.

He’s staunch to his master, that he

will never betray him even if he’s
loyal wrong
 She is so conceited, unlike her
brother, who is so humble and
to love yourself very much
down to earth.

Even after all that, she was pretty

happy content, not at all angry or upset.

The lawyer started to explain the

events in chronological order. He
chronological started with the beginning and
finished with the last one.