Tag Archives: context clues

Anomaly (n)

It’s the Word of the Day at Merriam-Webster today, so here is a context clues worksheet on the noun anomaly. This is surely a good word to know, with use in several domains of knowledge.

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Requisite (adj)

Last but not least today, here is a context clues worksheet on the adjective requisite because it was Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day sometime last week, and because it is a good word for students to know.

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A Lesson Plan on Theocracy and the Divine Right of Kings

This lesson plan on theocracy and the divine right of kings is the penultimate (i.e. number ten) of eleven in a unit (see above and below) on the origins of religion and philosophy.

This lesson opens with this context clues worksheet on the noun theocrat. If the lesson continues into a second dayand you want a second context clues worksheet, here is another on the adjective infallible. The mainstay of this lesson is this two short readings with comprehension questions to help students understand the way that religion undergirded royal power for centuries in Europe.

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A Lesson Plan on Aristotle

Moving right along, this lesson plan on Aristotle is (as above and below) the ninth lesson of eleven in a global studies unit on the origins of religion and philosophy.

This lesson opens, if you are so inclined, with this context clues worksheet on the noun democracy, and another on the noun rigor should the lesson continue into a second day. Finally, here is the short reading on Aristotle with comprehension questions that is the central work of this lesson.

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A Lesson Plan on Plato

Here is a lesson plan on Plato, the eighth (as above and below) of an eleven-lesson global studies unit on the origins of religion and philosophy.

I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on debate as a verb (it’s used both intransitively and transitively), and another on the adjective cogent in the event the lesson spills over into a second day. The principal work of this lesson is this short reading with comprehension questions on Plato.

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A Lesson Plan on Socrates

This lesson plan on Socrates (as above and below) is the seventh of an eleven-lesson global studies unit on the origins of religion and philosophy. This is a lesson, owing to Socrates’ importance to methods of inquiry (as well as informing my own teaching practice, which is something I wanted students to understand and take away from this lesson), was definitely designed to unfold over at least two days if possible.

I open this lesson with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the concept of a faction; for the second day of the lesson, here is a context clues worksheet on the noun justice. Here are the reading on Socrates and its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet that are the primary work for this lesson. Here, also, is a shorter worksheet that I intended either for a class that struggled with the longer reading, or to use as independent practice (i.e. homework).

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A Lesson Plan on Myths and Mythology

Here, as above and below, is the sixth in an eleven-lesson global studies unit on the origins of religion and philosophy, to wit, a lesson plan on myths and mythology.

I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on the noun protagonist and include here, in the event the lesson spans two days (as previously mentioned, I am all but certain I intended) another on the noun antagonist. This is an unmistakably complementary and complimentary pair of words for a lesson on mythological figures.

Finally, here is the reading and comprehension questions that are the central work of this lesson. You’ll also need this learning support on the Roman gods for the independent practice (i.e. homework) for this lesson.

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A Lesson Plan on Siddhartha Gautama as Buddha

This lesson plan on Siddhartha Gautama as Buddha is, as above and below, the fifth lesson of an eleven-lesson global studies unit on the origins of the religion and philosophy.

I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on the adjective austere and include another on the noun cosmology in the event the lesson goes into a second day, as I think I assumed I would. Finally, here is the reading with comprehension questions that is the principal work of this lesson.

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A Lesson Plan on Hinduism

This lesson plan on Hinduism is the fourth lesson in a eleven-lesson global studies unit on the origins of religions and philosophy. I think I planned the do-nows as part of the lesson because there are three of them: the first is a context clues worksheet on the noun class, used in the sense of social class; the second is another context clues worksheet, this one on the noun monsoon; the third short exercise is this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the concept of reincarnation.

And here is the reading and comprehension questions that are the center of this lesson.

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A Lesson Plan on the Israelites and the Jews

Moving along to lesson number three in a eleven-lesson global studies on the origins of religion and philosophy, here is a lesson plan on the Israelites and the Jews. I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on the adjective consecutive; for the second day of this lesson, if there is one, here is another another context clues worksheet on the adjective ethnic. Finally, here is the reading and comprehension questions that are at the center of this lesson on the origins of Judaism.

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