It's WEDNESDAY!
Today, we are going to continue looking at the language nonfiction writers use when they are writing. We have already discussed literal and figurative language. Now, we are going to look at words that may need context clues. Let's take out our mini-lesson section of our notebook and write today's statement.
Readers activate the prior knowledge or look around for context clues when encountering words they do not know in nonfiction texts.
Now, let's take a few notes underneath today's mini-lesson.
Today, we are going to continue looking at the language nonfiction writers use when they are writing. We have already discussed literal and figurative language. Now, we are going to look at words that may need context clues. Let's take out our mini-lesson section of our notebook and write today's statement.
Readers activate the prior knowledge or look around for context clues when encountering words they do not know in nonfiction texts.
Now, let's take a few notes underneath today's mini-lesson.
- When we read, we bring in different things we already know.
- Schema...prior knowledge
- Many of you have experience with soccer and/or football
- You know the terms, rules, different teams...this helps you understand what you are reading
- Many of you have experience with soccer and/or football
- Schema...prior knowledge
- If you do not know much about a topic, you may rely on context clues for unknown words
- Context clues
- Hints in the sentence or the sentence before or after that help figure out the unknown word
- Hints in the sentence or the sentence before or after that help figure out the unknown word
- Context clues