Vocabulary in context

There is no audio to this video presentation. Read all of the callouts in the video, along with the information below the video. Pause frequently to consider the instruction in the video.

When reading, use various strategies to learn words within the context of the reading. Some of these strategies are demonstrated in this video.

  1. Whole-Text context clues: This is when you think of the feeling or emotion of a whole page or part of the story. If it's a negative part, the word may be negative; if it's a positive part, the word may be positive.
  2. Phrase context clues: Look at just the words around the word to help with the unknown word.
  3. Word parts: use prefixes, suffixes and root words that you know to help learn an unknown word.