Tag Archives: context clues

I’m enjoying one of those rare mornings where nothing is pressing, so I have some time to dub around, and organize materials. I’m always surprised by what I find–one of the joys, I guess, of being a packrat. Anyway, there is a context clues worksheet on the adjective amicable. I can’t remember now why I wrote this, but I suspect it was to accompany a unit on a novel, probably either Lord of the Flies or The Catcher in the Rye.

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Here, for a Wednesday morning, are two context clues worksheets on the verb evoke and the adjective evocative. These are a couple of very strong words with considerable utility in discussions and inquiry in the arts and humanities.

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Here is a a short context clues worksheet on the verb shirk. It’s used both transitively and intransitively by teachers who are frustrated with students who refuse to engage in their schoolwork. Since this verb is often used with the noun responsibility, I submit to you it is a vital word for students.

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On this Wednesday morning, you might find useful this context clues worksheet on the verb hinder, which can be used both transitively and intransitively. It is, I think, a word high school students ought to know.

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Here is a context clues worksheet on the noun oath that I wrote for a lesson on the Tennis Court Oath, a key event in the French Revolution. In general, however, this is very commonly used word that students ought to know.

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Here is a context clues worksheet on riot, used as a noun. I continue to debate whether or not I need this word presented as a verb as well in a worksheet such as this. What do you think?

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Mark’s Text Terminal enters 2018 with the offer of a context clues worksheet on the noun enigma. This is a word high school students ought to know, I think.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Because I work in an economics and finance themed high school (which means, I have realized over time, next to nothing in terms of curriculum development in this institution), I’m not sure why it took me this long to develop these two context clues on the nouns debt and debtor. Anyway, here they are.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.