Vocabulary Lesson 2 Q2
Context Clues
Standards
ELACC8RL4: Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text, including
connotative meanings
ELACC8L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown words or phrases based on grade 8 reading
and content, choosing flexibly from a range of
strategies.
a. 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
Naysayer (n.)
A person who expresses a negative point of
view; a person who opposes an opinion.
Ex. Naysayers will tell you that having iPods in
the classroom will cause distractions, but I say
that they will actually prevent distractions.
Naysay, Naysayers
Task
• Each of the follow sentences or sentence
groups contains a word from this unit’s
vocabulary list. Look at the way each word is
used and use the context to determine the
word’s meaning and part of speech. Later, we
will confirm or add to the definition.
Unsurpassed (adj.)
Ex. Yellow fever was an epidemic unsurpassed in the
deaths it caused in the city of Philadelphia.
Ex. Michael Phelps holds a record for medals earned in
the Olympics that is unsurpassed by any other athlete.
Ex. I doubt anyone will be able to surpass the record.
Surpass, surpassed
Exceedingly (adv.)
• In Philadelphia, the winters can be
exceedingly cold.
• Many students exceed their teachers’
expectations.
exceed; exceeds; exceeding
Accolade (n.)
• The characters in Fever 1793 believe that
Thomas Jefferson is deserving of accolades.
• Taylor Swift has earned just about every
accolade country music has to offer.
Accolades
Commendable (adj.)
• Mattie’s desire to stay and see her mother
through her sickness is commendable, but in
the end, it is impossibly unsafe.
• Students at RMS are commended for their
high grades.
• Commend; commended; commends
Petulant
Matilda is often accused of being petulant,
especially when she first wakes up in the morning
and feels grouchy.
“Stop acting so petulant over nothing; sometimes
things don’t go your way, but there’s no reason to
take it out on everyone else,” my aunt scolded my
cousin.
Petulance
Find the remaining words in your
book and define them.
Fractions page 64
Odiferous page 80
Gumption page 56
Ponder page 56/59
Standards
ELACC8RL4: Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text, including
connotative meanings
ELACC8L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown words or phrases based on grade 8 reading
and content, choosing flexibly from a range of
strategies.
a. 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