Ready-to-teach lesson
Vocabulary in Context
Crazy for California - Grade 2 - Short lesson
- TIME
- OBJECTIVE
- 10 minutes
- Use contrast and context to determine the intended meaning of a multiple-meaning word.
PRODUCT
A definition of chips followed by two context clues.
Essential question: What does the word chips mean in the computer passage, and which clues show that meaning?
Materials
Text to mark
- The book
- Prepared passages: Passage 11
- Passage 11 - computer passage - chips contrasted with food and linked to computer games
- Student response materials
Lesson sequence
1 Find the meaning in context - 2 min What does the word chips mean in the computer passage, and which clues show that meaning?
- Prepared text:
- Passage 11 2 Work the evidence - 5 min The word refers to computer components because the passage rules out food and connects the items to computer games.
- Prepared text:
- Passage 11 3 Make the student product - 3 min Have students state a definition of chips and cite two context clues that establish the computer meaning.
- Prepared text:
- Passage 11
Teacher key
Here, chips means electronic parts used by computers, not food.
Support & extension
Above: Write a new sentence using chips with its food meaning, then explain the difference.
Below: Offer two meanings of chips and have students underline the words that identify the correct one.
Assessment
- Defines chips according to the passage
- Identifies both the food contrast and the computer clue
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