Context Clues 1 2 3 Search for familiar

Context Clues 1. 2. 3. Search for familiar terms/words in the sentence (ones I can make a connection to or visualize) Do the clue words help? Can I figure out the meaning of the word using the clue words? Do I recognize the prefix, suffix or root? Ex. Malnourished – mal in Spanish means bad and nourish I think has something to do with nutrition or food. So, I think the word means bad nutrition or no food. Go back, REREAD and substitute a synonym word or phrase. Ask yourself: How do I know this synonym word or phrase fits? Does it make sense and fit in with the rest of the sentence and paragraph?

Do your parents ever nag you to scebble up your room? Scebbling your room is actually not as bad as you may think. First, pick up all the knills off the hux and place them in the wadul. You may even want to wash the knills in the laundry room. Next, take the unock and clean the carpet. Or if you do not have carpeting, take the fogut and sweep. Afterwards, take the vopul and dust all the furniture pieces in your room. Finally, take a picture of your finished work and place it on the front of your himut. This way you see the picture every time you walk in and you will remind yourself of how your room should always look. What is this paragraph talking about? How are you able to find out the meaning of these made up words? What words helped you to define the following… Scebble Knills Hux Wadul Unock Fogut Vopul Himut