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Marathon Reading Test/Pit Stop 2 (200 Pages)
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R1Eb Context Clues
I Can use context clues to make meaning of words by asking the following questions:
 What is the whole text about?
 What is the sentence containing the unfamiliar word about?
 Does the word have a good or bad connotation?
 Is it a noun, making it a person place, thing, or idea, that goes with the action of the sentence?
 Is it the action word of a noun from the sentence that you are familiar with?
 Is it a describer of a noun or verb you know in the sentence?
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Directions:
Copy a sentence from the text below. Underline the word you are unsure of.
The whole sentence is about:
Does the word have a good or bad connotation?
Is the word a noun (making it a person, place, thing, or idea that goes with the action of the sentence), a
verb (action word), or a descriptor of the noun or verb in the sentence?
I now think the word means:
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7th Grade Tri 1 Assess # R1Eb Context Clues
R1Eb Context Clues
I Can use context clues to make meaning of words.
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What is the sentence that it is in talking about?
What is the story talking about?
Do you think the word has a good or bad connotation?
Is it a noun, making it a person place, thing, or idea that goes with the action of the sentence?
Is it the action word of a noun that you are familiar with in the sentence?
Is it a describer of the noun or verb you know in the sentence?
Copy a sentence from the text below. Underline the word you are unsure of.
She tasted the porridge from the first bowl.
The whole sentence is about:
Goldilocks is eating from the bear’s bowl.
Does the word have a good or bad connotation? Why?
The word has a good connotation, because Goldilocks is so hungry that she is
eating from the bears’ bowls.
Is the word a noun (making it a person, place, thing, or idea that goes with the action of the sentence), a
verb (action word), or a describer of the noun or verb in the sentence?
The word is a noun (a thing).
I now think the word means:
I think porridge is a warm type of food that is served in a bowl.