Using Context Clues

Reading in English

Low Int – Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson, students learn how to use three common context clues to figure out the meanings of new words. They practice identifying synonyms, antonyms, and definitions within a text. This lesson includes an assessment task.

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Focus

academic
reading
reading strategies
vocabulary
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

figure out
unfamiliar
definition
general
passage
introduce
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane