OPENING ACTIVITY: Look at the passage below. Come up with an educated guess as to the meaning of the gibberish word. Use textual evidence and warrants to support your hypothesis.
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Passage:
With that word the heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding SNAPPETEEDOO. |
Learning Target: I will make a claim about the meaning of an unknown word and justify my response with textual evidence from the passage. |
Essential Question: How do I figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words? |
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We Do: Whole Class Practice 1
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Classwork (On Your Own):
- Close your Chromebook, and I will give you a handout. Complete the vocabulary exercises for the passages from Lord of the Flies without the aid of your Chromebook.
- Once you are done, turn in the exercises to the front table, open your Chromebook and complete the closure.
- After you are done with the closure writing, work on your homework that is due tomorrow.
CLOSURE
Explain how to figure out the meaning of unknown words using context clues SO THAT A FIVE YEAR OLD WOULD UNDERSTAND.
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