Interactive Video Script
Course
Semester
Unit
Lesson
ELA 6
A
3
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Lesson
Objective
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Students will use a variety of strategies to determine the
meaning of unfamiliar and multiple-meaning words, including
domain-specific vocabulary.
Students will determine or clarify the meaning of unknown or
multiple-meaning words by using context clues.
Students will identify Greek and Latin affixes to determine the
meaning of a word or phrase.
CLIP A
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Audio
There are so many words out there. How do
you know what they mean when you are
reading if you do not have a dictionary with
you?
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There are words with multiple meanings and
words that are just unfamiliar. How do figure
out the meaning?
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You can look at how it’s used in a sentence
to figure out the meaning.
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You can break the word into parts to help you
find its meaning.
Question A
You can _______ to find the meaning of a word
A.
B.
C.
D.
use context clues
break apart words
look at the word’s usage in a sentence
all of the above
Correct Response (D)
Video Proceeds to Clip B
Incorrect Response (all others)
Video Proceeds to Clip E
CLIP B
Visual
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Audio
Sometimes, a phrase may be unfamiliar or
confusing.
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In order to understand a phrase, it is
important to look at how the phrase fits into
the sentence or paragraph.
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<Text: “Before”>
What is being said before
<Fly in text to the right of previous text>
<Text: “After”>
and after the confusing phrase?
Question B
A strategy for finding the meaning of a word or phrase is to:
A. look before and after the word or phrase.
B. look up the word in the dictionary.
C. guess.
Correct Response (A)
Video Proceeds to Clip C
Incorrect Response (all others)
Video Proceeds to Clip F
CLIP C
Visual
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Audio
There are many ways to understand an
unfamiliar word. The first is to use a
dictionary.
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<Fly in text from bottom>
<Text: ROOT WORD>
<Slide in text below previous text>
<Text: Postwar>
Another way is to look at the root word.
Some words have a root word with a
prefix or suffix attached to it.
For example, the word “postwar” can be
broken down.
<Underline POST in text>
<Slide in text, smaller underneath POST>
<Text: after>
Post means after.
<Italicize WAR in text>
<Slide in text, smaller, above WAR>
<Text: battle>
War means a battle.
<Slide in text to the right of POSTWAR>
<Text: =after battle>
Post war means after battle.
Question C
Some words have suffixes and prefixes that:
A. help in understanding the meaning of the word.
B. define the word.
C. are not important.
Correct Response (A)
Video Proceeds to Clip D
Incorrect Response (all others)
Video Proceeds to Clip G
CLIP D
Visual
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ory:English_dictionaries#mediaviewer/File:P.182_
from_the_NED.jpg >
But what if you don’t have a dictionary?
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Stop and think!
Look at how the word is being used. Can
you substitute another word?
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Audio
There are many words in the English
language. We can’t know them all! You
can use the dictionary to help you find
meanings.
Synonyms
Is there a root word?
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Root words
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Use in the sentence
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Context clues
How is the word or phrase being used in
the sentence or paragraph?
What clues come before or after the
word?
Question D
When you are confused about a word or phrase, you should:
A. stop and think how it is being used, look for context clues, or break down the word.
B. look for context clues, because this is the only way to define words without a dictionary.
C. guess what the word means by thinking of words that sound the same.
Correct Response (A)
Video Proceeds to Success Alert
Incorrect Response (all others)
Video Proceeds to Clip H
CLIP E
Visual
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Audio
Using context clues in a sentence can
help you find the meaning of an
unfamiliar word.
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Let’s look at an example.
<Slide in text over image>
<Text: At the restaurant, we ordered beverages, like
milk and soda.>
In this sentence, we can figure out
what the word
beverages means.
<Italicize BEVERAGES in text>
<Underline MILK and SODA in text>
If you look at the sentence, the writer
gives examples: milk and soda.
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<Image: http://pixabay.com/en/cocktail-drink-glassalcohol-389798/ >
So, we can see that beverages must
mean drinks.
<Slide in text>
<Text: I fell off the trampoline and fractured my
arm.>
Let’s look at another example. In this
sentence, what does fractured mean?
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etrampoline.jpg >
Think of what you know or what might
happen if you had fallen off a
trampoline.
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You may have hurt yourself or broken
a bone.
Using personal experience, we can
figure out the meaning of an unknown
word.
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<Text: “fractured = broken”>
Question E
Using personal experience and context clues, infer the meaning of the italicized word in the
sentence below.
The man was dismayed when his dog suddenly died.
A. excited or happy
B. distressed or upset
C. confused and angry
Correct Response (B)
Video Proceeds to Clip B
Incorrect Response (all others)
Video Proceeds to Clip F
CLIP F
Visual
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n%C3%A9e_Poyntz_(17371814)_by_Henry_Pierce_Bone_after_Joshua
_Reynolds.jpg >
Audio
Think about what is being said before and
after an unfamiliar word.
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e:MARK_TWAIN(1883)_p141_-_YELLOWFACED_MISERABLES.jpg >
For example:
<Slide in text>
<Text: John was sick today. He felt wretched.
He had a fever and a cough.>
John was sick today. He felt wretched. He
had a fever and a cough.
<Italicize WRETCHED in text>
What does wretched mean?
<Underline JOHN WAS SICK TODAY in text>
If we look before
<Underline HE HAD A FEVER AND A
COUGH in text>
and after the word, we can find clues to help
us determine
<Slide in text on a diagonal above
WRETCHED>
<Text: “= very unhappy and uncomfortable”>
that wretched means very unhappy and
uncomfortable.
Question F
Using context clues before and after the italicized word in the sentence below, choose the best
definition for euphoric.
Kelly got her driver’s license on the first try. She was euphoric. She couldn’t stop smiling and
wanted to tell everyone her amazing news.
A. Extremely excited and happy.
B. Unhappy and miserable.
C. Content.
Correct Response (A)
Video Proceeds to Clip C
Incorrect Response (all others)
Video progresses to Intervention
Alert, bringing students back to clip B
CLIP G
Visual
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Audio
Sometimes, a word will have more than one
piece or part to it.
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Breaking an unfamiliar word into pieces can
help us understand the meaning.
<Slide in text>
<Text: Predestine>
Take the word ‘predestine.” This word can be
broken down into two parts:
<Underline PRE in text>
pre
<Italicize DESTINE in text>
and destine.
<Slide in text, smaller, below PRE>
<Text: before>
We know that pre- is a prefix meaning
before.
<Slide in text, smaller, above DESTINE>
<Text: choose a path, work towards a
purpose>
Destine comes from the word destiny and
has a similar meaning: to choose a path or to
work towards a purpose.
<Bring BEFORE and CHOOSE A PATH,
WORK TOWARDS A PURPOSE together
below PREDESTINE in text>
Putting these two clues together shows us
that
<Slide in text to the right of PREDESTINE>
<Text: a path of course or action that has
already been chosen>
predestine means a path or course of action
that was chosen before or already chosen.
Question G
Sometime a word will have more than one part. Looking at the _____can help you to find the
meaning of the word.
A.
B.
C.
D.
prefix
suffix
root word
all of the above
Correct Response (D)
Video Proceeds to Clip D
Incorrect Response (all others)
Video Proceeds to Clip F
CLIP H
Visual
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Audio
What if you don’t understand what the
author is trying to say?
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<Text:
1.
2.
3.>
There are three main strategies that
will help you find the meaning of
unfamiliar words,
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which will help you better understand
what the author is saying.
<Slide in text to the right of 1. >
<Text: Look for context clues>
<Slide in text to the right of 2. >
<Text: Look for how a word is being used
(before/after)>
<Slide in text to the right of 3. >
<Text: Look for root words, prefixes, and suffixes>
Look for context clues - information in
the sentence that defines or gives
examples of the unknown word.
How is the word is being used in a
sentence? What comes before or
after? Can this help you?
Look for root words, prefixes, and
suffixes to help you break down the
word into pieces you understand.
Question H
If you don’t understand a word, you should:
A. keep reading.
B. stop and think about how it is being used.
C. make the best guess that you can.
Correct Response (B)
Video Proceeds to Clip Success Alert
Incorrect Response (all others)
Video Proceeds to Clip G