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Use Word Parts and Check Context: Apply and Create

Use selected prefixes and suffixes while checking meaning in context. A focused apply activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.

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Parts offer clues

Re- often means again; un- can mean not. The suffix -ful can mean full of or characterized by. Word parts offer clues, but context should confirm a plausible meaning.

Use what you learned to explain, construct or apply an idea.

1.Use reread in a sentence that makes its meaning clear.

2.Why should you check the whole sentence instead of guessing only from a word part?

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Parts offer clues

Re- often means again; un- can mean not. The suffix -ful can mean full of or characterized by. Word parts offer clues, but context should confirm a plausible meaning.

Use what you learned to explain, construct or apply an idea.

1.Use reread in a sentence that makes its meaning clear.

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Shows a repeated reading action.

One possible response: I reread the directions because I missed one step.

2.Why should you check the whole sentence instead of guessing only from a word part?

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Recognizes context as a check.

One possible response: A word can have a meaning or use that the part alone does not establish.

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Review the key words and representations in Use Word Parts and Check Context. Use the Explore activity to check readiness before removing support.

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Begin with: What does reread mean?
Connect the response to: In a helpful guide, what does helpful suggest?
Ask students to apply the idea: Use reread in a sentence that makes its meaning clear.

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Accepting an answer without checking whether it uses the material and satisfies the requested relationship or criteria.

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Revisit the unit goals. Use the criteria to identify a specific response to improve; this activity alone does not establish mastery.

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Use Word Parts and Check Context

Practice · Independent · 25 min

Use selected prefixes and suffixes while checking meaning in context. A complete set with exploration, practice and application. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.

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Use Word Parts and Check Context: Explore and Explain

Explore · Independent · 10 min

Use selected prefixes and suffixes while checking meaning in context. A focused learn activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.

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Use Word Parts and Check Context: Practice Independently

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Use selected prefixes and suffixes while checking meaning in context. A focused practice activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.

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Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors in Literature

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Distinguish between comparisons using 'like' or 'as' (similes) versus direct comparisons (metaphors). Includes literary examples and full answer key.

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