Practice the Context Clues Strategy Here are two of the boldfaced words from the essay on page 194. Use the context clues strategy you learned in Part 1 on page 183 to figure out the meanings of these words.
Answers will vary.
Read the sentence that uses the word impartial and some of the sentences around it.
Look for context clues to the word’s meaning. What clues showing How Something Is Done can you find?
The words listens to both sides and
objectively decides tell how impartial is done. Judges have to be fair. The word impartial might mean “fair.”
fair; without bias mediate
Read the sentence that uses the word mediate and some of the sentences around it.
Look for context clues to the word’s meaning. What clues showing How Something Is Done can you find?
Think about the context clues. What other information do you know? Predict a meaning for the word mediate.
Our school has student mediators who help kids resolve their disagreements.
The word mediate probably means “to help people solve their problems.”
Check your Word Wisdom Dictionary to be sure of the meaning of the word mediate. Write the definition here.
to help opposing sides reach an agreement The phrase by helping both people listen to each other and find a way to solve the problem shows how mediate is done.
Think about the context clues. What other information do you know? Predict a meaning for the word impartial.
Check your Word Wisdom Dictionary to be sure of the meaning of the word impartial. Write the definition here.
Practice the Context Clues Strategy: Look for How Something Is Done
OBJECTIVE Students will C practice using this unit’s context clues strategy to learn the mean- ings of impartial and mediate.
GUIDE STUDENTS First, introduce the vocabulary words impartial and mediate, which come from the essay about small claims court on page 194. Have students pronounce the words and share any prior knowledge they have of them. Next, have them review the Read, Look, Think, Predict, and Check steps on page 183.
PRACTICE
Have students complete page 195 independently. When they have fin- ished, discuss the ways that their prior knowledge helped them under- stand the words impartial and mediate more clearly.
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