Practice the Context Clues Strategy Here are two of the boldfaced words from the essay on page 128. Use the context clues strategy you learned in Part 1 on page 117 to figure out the meanings of these words.


Answers will vary.


Practice the Context Clues Strategy: Look for How Something Is Done


Read the sentence that uses the word quota. Read some of the sentences around the word.


Look for context clues. Can you find any clues that show How Something Is Done?


The words fail to reach seem to tell something about quota. These words make me think that a quota is like a set goal.


Think about the context clues. What other information do you know? Predict a meaning for the word quota.


The word quota probably means “a certain amount of something.”


Check your Word Wisdom Dictionary to be sure of the meaning of the word quota.Write the definition here.


a set number due or required of a person, group, or something else deficient


Read the sentence that uses the word deficient. Read some of the sentences around the word.


Look for context clues. Can you find any clues that show How Something Is Done?


The phrase deficient in the nutrients that crop needs is used to describe how a crop becomes unhealthy.


Think about the context clues. What other information do you know? Predict a meaning for the word deficient.


is unhealthy, it might not be getting enough nutrients.


The word deficient might mean “not enough of something.” I know that plants need a lot of nutrients to stay healthy. If a plant


Check your Word Wisdom Dictionary to be sure of the meaning of the word deficient.Write the definition here.


insufficient; lacking


I’ve heard the word quota applied to sales; I think it has to do with selling a certain number of something.


OBJECTIVE Students will C practice using this unit’s context clues strategy to learn the mean- ings of quota and deficient.


GUIDE STUDENTS


On this page, students will use the Five-Step Process with strategy-specif- ic instruction. First, review the con- text clues strategy for this unit— Look for How Something Is Done— introduced on page 117.


Invite a volunteer to read aloud the sentences from the essay on page 128 that use the words quota and defi- cient. Ask students to identify words from the sentences or from around the sentences that give clues to the meanings of quota and deficient. Discuss these clues.


PRACTICE


Have students use the Five-Step Process to complete this page—Read, Look, Think, Predict, and Check— to understand the meanings of quota and deficient.


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