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Corporation (n)

Posted on March 31, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is a context clues worksheet on the noun corporation. It is more important than ever that students understand this word and the deep concepts it represents, particularly in business. The essential question about this word is simple: are corporations people? The historical background of that question, I would argue, could drive a semester’s worth of deep conceptual social studies work.

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Deduce (vt)

Posted on March 30, 2020 | Leave a comment

Alright, here is a context clues worksheet on the verb deduce, which is only used transitively. Without getting into a major discussion on the validity of deduction as a means of analysis and cognition, I will say that I consider it inarguable that high school students should know this word and the concept it represents–i.e. a mode of thinking and analysis.

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A Lesson Plan on the Latin Word Root Circum-

Posted on March 29, 2020 | Leave a comment

Alright, moving right along, here is a lesson plan on the Latin word root circum; it means around. It is, as this worksheet that is the mainstay of the lesson fairly quickly exposes, a very productive root in English. Moreover, these are words that are in very heavy use in educated discourse in this country, which is why your student or child should know them as well as the root at the base of them.

I open this lesson with the context clues on the adverb and adjective abroad. It is a conceptual antonym to words formed from circum-, and to the extent possible, the worksheet itself aims to hint at these words and their meanings–as well as the idea of an antonym.

That’s it for today. I hope you are at home and safe, and all young minds are engaged, wherever you are.

Godspeed.

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Credit (n), Credit (v)

Posted on March 29, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is a pair of context clues worksheets on credit as a noun and a verb. As a verb, it is transitive only. 

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Dawn (vi)

Posted on March 27, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is a context clues worksheet on the verb dawn. It’s only used intransitively. The context clues I use call upon students to infer that two meanings of this word, to wit. “to begin to grow light as the sun rises” and “to begin to be perceived or understood.”

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Coup de Grace (n)

Posted on March 25, 2020 | Leave a comment

OK, now to round out a set of three context clues worksheets I posted today, here is another one on the noun coup de grace. It means a decisive finishing blow, act, or event. This is a relatively common expression in educated discourse.

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Coup d’etat (n)

Posted on March 25, 2020 | Leave a comment

It’s a term that students really ought to know in an age where there are a number of true authoritarians running nation-states, so here is a context clues worksheet on the noun coup d’etat. It means “a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group.”

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Coup (n)

Posted on March 25, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is a context clues worksheet on the noun coup, which means “a brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful stroke or act.”

In the next couple of hours, I’ll post two more context clues worksheets that are related to this one.

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Couch (vi/vt)

Posted on March 24, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is a context clues worksheet on the verb couch, which is used both intransitively and transitively. Given how much bigotry is couched in social media posts and elsewhere, this seems like a good word to know right now.

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Copse (n)

Posted on March 23, 2020 | Leave a comment

It’s not exactly a word in common use, but here, nonetheless, is a context clues worksheet on the noun copse. It’s worth remembering, I think, that the purpose of these context clues worksheets are to assist students in developing their own understanding of this reading comprehension strategy–i.e. inferring the meaning of a word from the context in which it is embedded.

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