 Hi everyone and welcome to ESL-001 Reading actively context clues. This is the first review for unit two of Sailor Academy's ESL-001 course If you haven't started the course yet, feel free to Go to Sailor.org right now. You can look at ESL-001. You can get started. You can also check our old YouTube videos We did three or four reviews of Unit one that you can check out and also make sure you check out our discourse discussion forums and of course if you have any questions during the During the stream feel free to leave them in the chat Also, you know answers to questions we may have and leave a comment down below if you have questions for later But now I'll hand it over to Our teacher Krista to get us started while I try and figure out what's going on in the back end here started So some reading strategies as you know When you're reading English, it can be confusing when you're looking at you know, the words and the sentences and trying to understand What specific words mean and how to put them all together. We're going to talk about some reading strategies They include as you'll see here skimming previewing and prediction scanning and summarizing context clues So these are some of the different things that we'll encounter as as we're practicing reading strategies and and all of these come together in steps so that we can Get as much information from what we're reading as top So the question we can start with is what can you do when you are reading and you see a new unfamiliar word? Some of this day and it'd be great if you guys could share some of the things that you're encountering when you're reading English And you find a word that you don't know and how you kind of try to figure it out And as you're kind of thinking about that some of the things that you can Kind of focus on or you know, you can always highlight a word that's unfamiliar you can Annotate or write in the side Margin, you know the meaning of the word you can you think you can keep a separate Place where you write down the definition and refer back to that But there's also ways to look at what? the context or where the word is actually placed In a paragraph or in a sentence to help you figure it out Like do we have anyone sharing any strategies that they use? Yeah, and you know, I have students who actually will use their cell phone and Have that dictionary app on it or something similar to call up that word and be call for Unconventional word to be able to take a look at it. So so great response there We're also going to take a look at some of the strategies you can use when maybe you don't have access to that information So what is a context clue and basically what we're talking about are ways to figure out What a word means or maybe a phrase even in this in a fear in a body of text And and to help you kind of piece that together, you know from from what you're able to kind of see in the text So let's take a look the context clue is the word or phrase Or nearby sentence that helps the reader determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word So a lot of times when we're hearing people talk or we're reading something new we may try to gain an understanding by reading past the word or phrase and reading the rest of the You know body of text try to figure out what it means and Sometimes that's effective if we do put certain things So there's certain types of context clues Take a look at these a synonym clue It's a word with the same or similar meaning to an unfamiliar word so if you come across the word in a Sutton doing a paragraph that you're not sure of look to see if there is a synonym clue if there's Kind of an explanation of what it might mean and we can see this in the example here He would never reveal or share our secrets So reveal or share That's the synonym clue. So we're looking at, you know, how those two come together To to kind of make the same or give the same meaning The contrast clue is a word or phrase that has the opposite meaning of the unfamiliar word This is also known as an antenna So you might find this, you know in in one sentence you'll find the unfamiliar word and in the next sentence you may find The contrast clue which gives us an understanding of the word We're not sure of simply by sharing an opposite meaning. Let's take a look at that Here we have he would never reveal his feelings Instead he hides them deep within himself So we can see that, you know, the first sentence reveal is kind of confusing, right? Some familiar word, but then we look in the second one we see hide and in that case that helps us understand Through that contrast clue what reveal me in definition clue The unfamiliar word is is defined within the sentence or in a sentence nearby So this is what we always hope to find right what we're reading and we get stuff on a word We don't know we're hoping that just somewhere in that paragraph where the next few sentences what we'll find You know the clue that will give us the definition So it really means the unfamiliar word is defined the sentence nearby of course Etymology the study of the origin of words is a popular subject at many universities So you can see here with the first on Familiar word you'll have the second phrase the study of the origin of words That's the definition clue and that's what you should look for in You know in your sentence where that unfamiliar word appears or even in the following sense The example clue is a word or phrase that includes examples of the unfamiliar word So we have the first sentence here the boy feels Now we hear that we read the word elated work. We say, you know, what does that mean? You know and is it a good word? It's a bad word. It's a boy happy. Is he sad? What does that mean? And then we look at the next sentence and we have he's smiling laughing and jumping around So we know that means, you know possibly extreme happiness Joy and and so on the experience clue A reader can draw upon their now their background knowledge and personal experience to determine the meaning of the unfamiliar word Beware of that tree is old and might fall over So you can see here You know talking about that tree in that first sentence how it then Affects the understanding when you see it is old and might fall over so that understanding of You know using the experience clue can and can actually help you, you know Get an understanding of that unfamiliar word as well He always want to look for clues. You always want to look in the sentences that follow in the same sentence maybe even further on in the paragraph to make sure that That you know, you're putting these into place that you can possibly find that right? So we don't have Google available or we don't have other resources or we're trying to really increase our vocabulary These are some of the ways that that we can do that So we're gonna have you do a quick practice here Read the following sentences and define each word involved using the context clues Then identify which type of context clue is used See if you guys after my quicker explanation can kind of put that into practice here So you're going to try to find each word and See if you can find that context and we'll take a look at that in just a moment, right everyone Let's move forward So we're going to take a look of course at the first sentence And we see that word In bold and then let's take a look at what it means so Country V means to break or violin The context clue is a definition clue and you can see that Where it says break or violin? Okay, following that did anyone have any answers yet Mike Before I kind of I'm keeping an eye on the chat right now We did have a little connection disturbance. So people might be slightly behind but I'll let you know Okay, great. We have this next sentence All right the definition After someone's death Okay, and we can see let's just take a look at how we can kind of pieces together We've seen the beginning of the sentence following his death Heath Ledger Yep That word which which is the unknown word received an Oscar for best supporting actor as the joker in the dark night So we know that he's Received an award after his death So we can kind of put it together That it means after someone's death the context clue here is the synonym clue right because it's Showing us The same the same meaning of a word in in the actual sentence So you can you can piece it together by simply taking that first phrase out and looking at that closely And then putting it together like yes, that would mean he's no longer alive So it's after his death. I don't appreciate your duplicity. I expect you to give me an honest response So if you're reading these two sentences together, you may be confused by what duplicity is that someone who's you know giving a negative response is that someone who's unsure of their response What does that mean and then when you look at the second sentence you see I expect you to give me an honest response Right, so the expectation is there and we know from the first sentence that the person's not Doing that. So we have the definition duplicity dishonest behavior And the context clue here would be the contrast clue So you can see that in the honest response showing what duplicity means because that's not what's being done Okay, so if you kind of look like if you first read that word and you say to yourself I'm not sure I'll ever know what that word means Continue to read continue to use some of these strategies to help you break it down Owls raccoons and crickets are mostly nocturnal creatures. So if we look at nocturnal We're probably thinking what does what does nocturnal mean, you know, is that you know an animal that Has a certain characteristic. How does that define these animals as a whole? Okay We have of course this this knowledge that you know facts are at night or Active mostly at night owls or out at night raccoons So we can kind of piece it together that it means night active mainly during the night All right, and sometimes it won't be all that clear But in this case we're able to break it down a little bit and take a look at You know how we might be able to To define that word the context clue here is an example clue All right, because we're showing All these different animals like if you're outside at night you may hear cricket you probably wouldn't hear them They're in the day all that often or so on And that's how we kind of break it down. It would be an egregious mistake to wear a dirty t-shirt and blue jeans to a funeral so Right away. We have this word right there at the beginning We know that it's helping us understand that What kind of mistake is being made and helping us understand the depth of that mistake And then to to share to wear a dirty t-shirt and blue jeans Helps break it down even more All right, so we know that it's it's a bad thing. It's not a positive thing simply, you know states in there we're able to kind of Break it down in terms of it being something negative of course And if we also understand something about funerals, we know that there's there's somewhat formal and of course We would be appropriately dressed for that. So this this really shares an experience clip Okay, because we have this this background knowledge. We have this understanding You know, how bad this would be to actually do that How we do it Mike do you have any questions to her? Um, oh, we're doing okay. We had someone had submitted the answer of break or violate Okay Good job. Keep going guys. I really appreciate your participation All right, so read the text below use context clues to try to determine the meaning of the underlying words So we're going to just have you go through here and again just apply the knowledge that that we've been taking a I mean by the strategies that we've been taking a look at and See if you can figure out the meaning Discuss this in just a moment Remember everyone you can put your answers into the the chat below Good job, we have some some answers in the chat for number one flabbergasted we have surprised We also have amazed Okay, very good, and let's just take a quick look the sentence is At first her parents were flabbergasted Utterly blown away by their daughter's ability, but soon they got used to their little pizza So very good for anyone who put greatly surprised Amazed is also within that that realm because the parents are completely blown away. They're they're completely taken again by surprise, but also We you know are are experiencing something on it unexpected and finding out what they did So you have in here utterly blown away. We should send them clue But soon they got used to it the contrast Now remember too it's not It's not a narrative that you know You know how to name every context clue, but we're to find that right so when I'm showing you today is a way to Identify the different context clues and how to locate them and what you're taking a look at and reading because that's going to help you Understand what it is that you're reading a greater depth So dexterity and let's just take a quick look at that Her preschool teacher said that Maggie's dexterity or ease with which she used her hands was something she had never seen before In such a young child So skill in using one's hands the context clues or ease with which she used her hands So that remember what is the definition clue? Which is always, you know the fun one to find because it automatically gives you that clear cut Answer of what that would be so hopefully some of you are able to pick up on that The next one which is bloated take a look at that one Little Maggie never bloated or took pride in her paintings. She just smiled Contentedly when she finished one and requested her parents give it to someone as a gift So we're trying to find out what bloated means Little Maggie's not doing that But she's smiling contentedly. So what does that mean? Do we have some in the chat? I will I'll keep an eye on the chat Okay So gloated basically means to show you are happy with your own success in a selfish or unattractive way You know gloating is that that? Expression someone has where they Are feeling really good about what they did but in a unattractive way like look at what I did You can't do what I do sort of thing on the context clues or took pride in Is a definition clue. So we're able to see how that can be Defined basically by reading more and by taking a look at what's within that sentence And also in the paragraph Contentedly remember we that was something that that she did so contentedly means happily Okay Smiled which would be the experience clue So if someone's smiling, you know that that's a good thing, right? So they're they're happy or they're they're at peace or they're they're pleased So that can help us break it down into more detail Look at Tennessee and then we have this last one And let's see if you can figure out what what that word means So we have of course The understanding that it means open But if we go back and take a look at the second part But her parents always kept their mouths closed and simply smiled over their little monet So we have that clue right there to help you break it down into more detail All right, so that's the contrast clue if you take a look at if you're wondering What it means it just means, you know having your mouth open and And then the second part of course means that means the Contrast which means the opposite so you're able to kind of piece it together by simply looking at The rest of the past and also that's done so I hope that this helps you and and Understanding how to break down the different ways to understand an unknown word We have a lot of resources available But the context clues really give us a better understanding of what a word means now The thing to remember is all of us when we're using context clues are going to be 100% correct all the time But this will get us closer to a better understanding so that as we're reading We you know, we're able to get more out of the reading and of course Apply that in our understanding of what we're taking a look at so hopefully this helps you better understand how to Get more meaning of what you read Any final questions from anyone? I think we have one question We could not not really a question, but someone Proposed the answer to number three That is pride and I think that there can maybe like a little bit of explanation of context was like the difference between like being proud but like being gloating or being like over like overly proud about yourself kind of such Oh, I'll let you do the English explanation. I think that Isn't this a great summation there. I think Gloting isn't a positive It's not a positive word really it means something undesirable, but it does mean of course being proud but being proud in a way that's not attractive because it's Not humble. It's just kind of Being happy with one's own success and That you know having that mind perspective of you know, everyone around me can't do as well as I can I think that's what we we kind of is in hearing that word gloated Consider, you know, it's no one's thing. Oh, yeah, I did this wonderful thing and no one can do it as well as I can So I think that that's a great way to Kind of take a look at it and being proud. Of course. I mean it could definitely be associated with that But being proud has a more positive connotation whereas as gloated Has the sense of someone who's you know, just taking pride in and thinking that you know, they certainly are Better than those around them in some way so in a selfish or unattractive way That's basically what that means So great question. Yeah, and we have we have a follow-up question to can gloated be used positively I don't I don't think so. I think I think negative every time I think like it's it's the team that's That celebrates a little too much after they win the match and you kind of want them to lose the next one because it's there a Bit much. I think it's maybe way to think about it Yeah, definitely. I think uh, yeah, gloated jet generally has Not a very positive Connotation it's just not something that it doesn't mean it's totally negative because You know, it's it's kind of associated with Being happy right, but it's as as we see here in a selfish or unattractive way someone who's gloating is not considered Very attractive you're you're right like a team that glows is is definitely a team that Isn't as as attractive or as admired really because of the way that they are presenting themselves so kind of kind of Basically a negative connotation. So great question And just just just the comments. Yes bullies often gloat. Yes That's great. I love that. Yes Yes, so I think that uh that answered the questions we had here in the chat for people um Yeah, so I guess uh, if there are no other questions I'll just vamp for a second while we wait and see if any other questions come in but uh, Thank you everyone for joining us again. If you haven't watched any of our other videos We did four reviews of unit one. We'll be back here in two weeks For the next review of unit two. Make sure you go to uh sailor.org and look up Spanish 001 and you can catch up with us to start watching these and There will be a playlist linked below if you want to watch them again And of course you go to our discourse discussion forums and you can talk to people who are taking the class along with you Again, I'd like to thank everyone for joining us. Thank you for being engaged Of course chris, thank you very much for your lovely teaching and um, I if there's I doesn't seem to be anything else in the chat so chris if you have any parting words will Um, we'll we'll send this out and we'll see everyone in two weeks Thank you. I appreciate everyone joining today. Thank you so much everyone. Have a good day