Reading

and Writing
Skills
MS. JANINA D. HIPOLITO
Motivation
 Motivation
You go at red
but stop at
green. What am
I?
Traffic
Lights
You can break me
easily without Motivation
even touching me
nor seeing me.
What am I?
PROMISE
I'm tall when I'm Motivation
young and I am
short when I am
old. What am I?
Candle
The man who built it
doesn't want it, the
man who bought it Motivation
doesn't need it, the
man who needs it
doesn't know it. What
is it?
Coffin
Context
Clues
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 Objectives
OUR FIRST GOAL OUR THIRD GOAL
OUR SECOND GOAL

Explain the meaning Internalize the Write sentences using

of context clues. importance of context various types of
clues in understanding context clues.
an unfamiliar word.
 • are words, phrases, sentences
that surrounds an unfamiliar
word that can help you
CONTE recognize the meaning of an
unknown word because the
XT text gives you information
about it.

CLUES
 • It is a very useful
process, because this
CONTE allows you to read
more fluently and
XT increases vocabulary.

CLUES
Common Types of
Context Clues
 • Synonyms
It is used when the Synonym clues
text has words or may be signaled by
phrases that are
similar in meaning to the following
the unknown word. words "like" or
"as"
 Example:

"The young girl is very aloof. She always

seem unsociable."
What does the word "aloof" mean in this
sentence?
 2. Antonyms
although, but, despite,
It is a word that instead, in contrast,
reveals the opposite unlike, however, even
meaning in relation though, on the contrary
to the unknown and conversely
word.
 Example:
"Diana 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?
 3. Examples

Examples are specific details in a

text that are used to clarify the
meaning of a word.
 Example:
"Lionhearted persons like firemen,
policemen, and soldiers are willing to
serve our country 24/7."
What does the word "lionhearted" mean
in this sentence?
 4. Explanations and
Definitions
Explanations maybe
given as clues to When phrases like
"because" or "that is"
describe an follow a word, this may
unknown term. be explanation.
 4. Explanations and
Definitions
Terms like "is",
Definitions may "means", "is defined
as" and "refers to"
follow an unfamiliar are used with
word. definitions.
 Example:
"His emaciation, that is, his skeleton-
appearance was frightening to see."
What does the word "emaciation" mean in
this sentence?
 5. Situations
The situation in which The meaning of word
a word is used can also may change
be helpful in depending on its
determining the context or how and
meaning of that word. where it is used.
 Example:
"The man salvaged the girl during
earthquake."
What does the word "salvage" mean in
this sentence?
Application
Time!
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 Write at least 3 unfamiliar
words you have encountered
before. Afterwards, use those
words in writing sentences
while using context clues.
Let us now
evaluate!
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