Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

This resource explains six ways authors use context clues that might help readers understand unfamiliar words. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.4, 8.2.B

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.

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

This screen is the first of a series of slides about using context clues. It defines context clues. The following screens contain examples and tips on how to use and interpret context clues. Use the Next buttons to complete the...

This reading resource discusses the strategy of using context clues to decipher new words. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they use context clues to understand new words.

In this lesson, 5th graders will use context clues as they learn new science vocabulary words through listening, reading and discussing the new content. The terms are associated with the reshaping of the earth's surface.

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence in this ten-question multiple choice test.

A learning module that begins with "Clues to Ancient Life" by Rona Arato, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...

This downloadable slideshow focuses on context clues including definitions, the four types, and examples.

A slide show with sixteen slides explaining and giving examples of four different types of context clues: synonyms, antonyms, explanation, and example.

A six-part learning module with links to texts and images for a context clues lesson involving four learning stations.

A slide show with forty-two slides with explanations and examples on how to use context clued to determine the meanings of unknown words.

Kids learn about the adventure book series called 39 Clues by authors Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Margaret Peterson Haddix.

This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on what we can learn about the early earth from fossils. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.

In this lesson, students examine photographs from different time periods in American history and try to put them in order on a timeline. Includes a worksheet and a vocabulary list with explanations.

This article explains in general how to build vocabulary using reading strategies such as context clues.

Learn the basics of bird watching, finding and interpreting bird clues, and attracting birds to a particular location.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This website provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to use visual, meaning, and structure clues separately and together to determine the meaning of unknown words. Lessons are...

This site focuses on Edgar Wallace, the author of popular detective and suspense stories and, in his time "the king" of the modern thriller. It features a link to Wallace's biography and links to the full text of two of his novels: The...

This lesson focuses on increasing your vocabulary including using context clues, dictionaries, and your working vocabulary. It also offers two videos with strategies for enhancing your vocabulary.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Based on Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems, a lesson in which students learn how to utilize text and picture clues to determine a when and where the story takes place.

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

OneLook is a dictionary for those times when you have a good idea what a word means, but you can't think of the word itself. You can also generate lists of related terms or possible answers for crossword clues. L.9-10.4c References,...