Detailed Lesson Plan in English Second year Highschool I.

OBJECTIVES At the end

of the lesson the students are expected to: Identify missing words from sentence
s using "context clues." Define unknown words using context clues in a cold pass
age. Find and define unknown words in trade books using context clues. Determine
the meaning of unknown words using a variety of context clues, including word,
sentence and paragraph clues Apply the meaning of the terms synonym and antonym
II. SUBJECT MATTER Topic: Context Clue Reference: English II Based on the BEC, E
nglish Grammar Drills, Internet Materials: Cartolina, chalkboard Strategies: Dis
cussion Question-Answer Relationship (QAR), Small Group Work III. PROCEDURE Rout
ine Activities 1. Opening Prayer 2. Checking Of Attendance 3. Word for the Day 4
. ROPE (Monday/ Wednesday) Teachers Activity A. MOTIVATION Today we are going to
play a game and try to figure out missing words in sentences. You will have to u
se your creative juices to figure out Students Activity

which words are covered. Look how TINY that cat is! I think that is the smallest
cat I ve ever seen! The crowd CHEERED as their favorite team entered the footba
ll field. Thomas went to the TOP of the mountain, and because it was so high, he
had to take a tank of oxygen with him. Did you enjoy the activity? B. PRESENTAT
ION Those words that you determined are what we called context clues. will you r
ead the sentences Look how TINY that cat is! I think that is the smallest cat I
ve ever seen! The crowd CHEERED as their favorite team entered the football fiel
d. Thomas went to the TOP of the mountain, and because it was so high, he had to
take a tank of oxygen with him. Do you have any ideas what are context clues? V
ery good! C. DISCUSSION Context clues are bits of information from the text that
, when combined with prior knowledge, allow you to decide the meaning of unknown
words in the story or article you are S1 little S2 tiny S3 shouted S4 cheered S
5 top
Yes maam.
They give us an idea of what is a word.

reading. There are several different types of context clues that are commonly us
ed by authors Definition context clue Ex. Paul is a transcriptionist, a person w
ho makes a written copy of a recorded message. Synonym context clue Ex. After se
eing the picture of the starving children, we all felt compassion or pity for th
eir suffering. 1. Antonym context clue Ex. Joe was reluctant to take on the posi
tion of captain of the basketball team. He was afraid that the time it would tak
e would hurt his grades. On the other hand, Billy was eager for the chance to be
captain. He thought that being captain of the team would make him very popular
in school. Description context clue Ex. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, our 35th presid
ent, improved human rights and equal rights for all people. He was a very charis
matic president. People were attracted to his charm and enthusiasm. His personal
ity was described as magnetic. 2. Clues through association with other words in
the sentence Ex. Brian is considered the most troublesome student ever to have

walked the halls of Central High School. He has not passed a single class in his
four years there and seldom makes it through an entire hour of class without fa
lling asleep or getting sent to the office. His teachers consider him completely
incorrigible. Clues from the action that is performed Ex. Andrea was a very imp
ertinent young lady. She was so rude that she talked while her teacher was expla
ining a lesson. She showed no respect for other students. Her manners were very
poor. Even her parents thought that Andrea was impolite. Clues from the experien
ce D.GENERALIZATION What is a Context clue Context clues are bits of information
from the text that, when combined with prior knowledge, allow you to decide the
meaning of unknown words in the story or article you are reading.
E. CONTROLLED PRACTICE Identify what context clues is being used. F.SKILLS WORK
(Group Work) Using Context Clues to Solve the Riddles. Ex. o I am always hungry,
I must always be fed,

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The finger I touch, Will soon turn red Each morning I appear To lie at your feet
, All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the m
idday sun. My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I
am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe.
G.FREESTAGE Determine the meaning of the word using the context clue. IV.Evaluat
ion Answering drills in their workbook. V. Assignment Answer the following by ch
oosing the correct letter. 1. But these flakes rarely make it to the ground. What
choice means the same as rarely? a. hardly ever b. often c. sometimes 2. Taffy wa
lked proudly into the yard. What does proudly mean in the sentence? a. very shy b
. very quick c. very pleased 3. Many seahorses live in tropical areas where the w
ater is always warm. What does the word tropical mean in the sentence? a. a place
that is very hot and often damp b. a place that gets cold during parts of the y
ear c. a place off the coast of Alaska where

seahorses breed 4. Digging around in the treasure box, I uncovered a ball of twin
e. What does uncovered mean in the sentence? a. found b. buried c. threw out 5. Ot
her stargazers and astronomers gaze through telescopes. What does the word gaze m
ean? a. study b. count c. look I think I forgot something, she said. 6.What word mea
ns the opposite of forgot? a. remembered b. caught c. undid 7. What is a synonym
for close? a. howl b. shut c. climb 8. I was thrilled. I had never won a trophy
before. Which word means the opposite of thrilled? a. disappointed b. confused c.
excited 9. They can leap from tree to tree. What word means the same as leap? a
. jump b. drop c. walk 10. Rabbits get around by using their powerful hind legs. W
hat word means the same as powerful? a. weak b. large c. strong Presented by: Be
nilda Pelayo IV-BSEd English ___________

Signed by: Ms. Ruthy Bernabe