1. Group Discussion Time!

2. Evaluate your Source
• Is the source someone who knows a lot
about the subject?
• Is the information current or posted
recently?
• Is the information complete and
dependable?
• Is the source unbiased? Does it tell both sides
of the story?

4. Academic and
Domain-Specific
Vocabulary
Vocabulary words that are used

5. Be a Word
Investigator

6. Be a Word Investigator
Use context clues to help you figure
out the meaning of unfamiliar words.

7. Be a Word Investigator
Use a dictionary to help you figure out
the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Write Source page 319

8. Before and After Cues

9. Before and After Cues
• Study the sentence containing the unfamiliar
word, as well as the sentences coming before
and after it.

10. Before and After Cues
• Study the sentence containing the unfamiliar
word, as well as the sentences coming before
and after it.
• On his first day at the mine, Harold took
an elevator deep into the earth. He never
knew subterranean spaces were so dark.
Working underground would be an
adventure.

11. Before and After Cues
• Study the sentence containing the unfamiliar
word, as well as the sentences coming before
and after it.
• On his first day at the mine, Harold took
an elevator deep into the earth. He never
knew subterranean spaces were so dark.
Working underground would be an
adventure.
• Subterranean means under the earth.

12. Synonyms

13. Synonyms
• Search for synonyms.

14. Synonyms
• Search for synonyms.
• Because I plan to be a lawyer, Dad
calls me a barrister.

15. Synonyms
• Search for synonyms.
• Because I plan to be a lawyer, Dad
calls me a barrister.
• A barrister is a lawyer.

16. Antonyms

17. Antonyms
• Search for antonyms.

18. Antonyms
• Search for antonyms.
• Dad says that fishing is tedious,
but I think it s exciting.

19. Antonyms
• Search for antonyms.
• Dad says that fishing is tedious,
but I think it s exciting.
• Tedious means boring, the
opposite of exciting.

20. Definition

21. Definition
• Search for a definition of the word.

22. Definition
• Search for a definition of the word.
• We saw yuccas, common desert
plants, on our drive to the Grand
Canyon.

23. Definition
• Search for a definition of the word.
• We saw yuccas, common desert
plants, on our drive to the Grand
Canyon.
• Yuccas are common desert plants.

24. Familiar Words in a Series

25. Familiar Words in a Series
• Search for familiar words in a series with a
new word.

26. Familiar Words in a Series
• Search for familiar words in a series with a
new word.
• In the South, many houses have a
veranda, porch, or patio.

27. Familiar Words in a Series
• Search for familiar words in a series with a
new word.
• In the South, many houses have a
veranda, porch, or patio.
• A veranda is a large, open porch.