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Texas Gateway: Vocabulary: Understand New Vocabulary Within Context Unit PlanTexas Gateway: Vocabulary: Understand New Vocabulary Within Context Unit Plan
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Texas Education Agency
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Texas Gateway: Vocabulary: Understand New Vocabulary Within Context

Curated by ACT

A learning module that teaches students how to use context clues to understand new vocabulary words with six mini-lessons: Introduction, The Clues in Context, General/Inferential Context Clues, Definitions/Example Context Clues, Synonym and Antonym Context Clues, and Test Your Understanding.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

context clues

Additional Tags

vocabulary strategies, understand new vocabulary within context (english 7 reading), understanding new vocabulary, vocabulary

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

L.8.4.a L.6.4.a L.7.4.a L.7.4.d L.8.4.d L.6.4.d CCRA.L.4 RH.6-8.4 L.7.5.b W.6.2.d W.7.2.d W.8.2.d L.6.6

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