Vocabulary
Anyone can right click one a word that they don't know and choose "define", but a dictionary cannot define the connotative meaning of the word in the text you are reading. This is an important reading skill that will help you to understand not only what the text says, but also what it is suggesting.
Connotation and Denotation:
Let's discuss the connotative and denotative meaning of the words "dead" and "grave site" in this passage.
Standards:
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty, “MONSTER” “graveyard” “dead”).
Context Clues:
Choose a word from this week's vocabulary list and add a "vocab snap" to our class slide deck that illustrates how you figured out what the word meant through the use of context clues.
Standards:
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).