SYNONYM CLUES
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
a) define unfamiliar word through synonyms clues;
b) familiarize the unfamiliar words from an essay entitled “I am a Filipino”; and
c) enhance vocabulary through mastery of synonym clues
II. SUBJECT MATTER
a) Topic: Vocabulary Building
b) Materials: Visual Aid, Task Cards, Pictures, Marker
c) Reference:
“I am a Filipino” by Carlos Romulo from English Arts Textbook 1, pg. 56- 58 www.irsc.edu/uploadedfiles/students/academicsupportcenter/writinglab/vocabulary.pdf III. LEARNING PROCEDURE
A) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
1) ROUTINE
Prayer
Checking of Attendance
Classroom Rules: #1 Be Silent #2 Be still
2) LESSON PROPER
a) ACTIVITY
Divide the class into six groups
Show cropped pictures to the students and let them stare at it
Let the students figure out what the picture is
a) Picture 1 b) Picture 2 c) Picture 3
b)
c)
Let each group compete, the group to guess the picture will get extra points
After they guess, show the whole image of the pictures
d)
a) Picture 1 – Tomb b) Picture 2 – Turbine c) Picture 3- Philippines
e)
f)
b) ANALYSIS
g) After the activity, ask the following questions:
a) Is it easy to guess a cropped picture?
b) Would it help you guess if you see a bigger portion of the pictures?
c) What are your clues in guessing the picture?
h)
c) ABSTRACTION
i) Context means the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event. Just like the pictures shown, when you looked at the cropped pictures you will have a hard time to figure out what the picture is. However, if you see the bigger picture you will know that the picture is a tomb, a turbine and a Philippine map.
j)
k) Context clues help you guess the meaning of the unfamiliar words through the words that surround them.
l)
m) Context Clues- is when you use the words surrounding the unknown word to help determine the unknown word’s meaning.
n) Synonym Clues
Words with