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Everyday Edit Find the mistakes in this paragraph while you wait for class to start!.
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Everyday Edit Find the mistakes in this paragraph while you wait for class to start! • Have you read a book by Lemony Snicket! Lemony Snicket is not a real persons name. Its and imaginary name used by the author of the A Series of Unfortunate Events books. In those books, which were first published in Septemer of 1999, readers follow Violet Klaus, and Sunny as they attempt to protect their fortune from greedy count olaf. The identity of Lemony is secret. but he communicates thru his representative, Daniel Handler.
Answers • Have you read a book by Lemony Snicket?Lemony Snicket is not a real person's name. It'san imaginary name used by the author of the A Series of Unfortunate Events books. In those books, which were first published in September of 1999, readers follow Violet, Klaus, and Sunny as they attempt to protect their fortune from greedy Count Olaf. The identity of Lemony is secret, but he communicates through his representative, Daniel Handler.
Context Clues! Being word detectives
Today we will be word detectives and figure out some unknown words using context clues.
Context clues are the clues you use when you don’t know what a word means.
Context clues are: • The words, phrases, and sentences, around the word you don’t know. • You can use these to figure out the words you don’t know!
For example • Pretend you didn’t know what a parrot was. • The book you are reading said it had a beak and wings. • You could figure out that it was a bird!
Your turn! • I went to an amusement park and rode all of the roller coasters. • What is an amusement park?
There are different kinds of context clues that authors can use.
Definition • Sometimes the author will give us the exact definition of a word as a clue. • “He played the harpsichord, a piano-like musical instrument.” • What is a harpsichord?
Examples • Sometimes an author will give us examples to help us picture what the word means. • “The largest group is arthropods, like spiders, insects, and lobsters.” • What are arthropods?
Restate to clarify • Sometimes an author will say something over again but word it differently. • “She ran down the escarpment. Could she climb down the steep hill in time to escape?” • What does escarpment mean?
If you saw this sentence… • “The boy saw a capybara by the pond.” • You may wonder “What is a capybara?”
But what if you saw this… • “The boy saw a capybara by the pond.” • You would know by looking at the picture that a capybara is a giant rodent creature.
Reading rocks capybara’s socks! Wait…he’s not wearing socks.
Lewis Carroll • Wrote “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” • Wrote the poem “Jabberwocky” • Very different from the poets of his time • Wrote poetry encouraging children to be adventurous!
Our poet’s funny habit • Lewis Carroll had a funny habit • He used to make up words and use them in his poems and stories.
Don’t get frustrated • Use context clues to figure out new words!
Your Mission: • After I read the poem out loud to the class it will be up to you to help define the made up words. • It is important that you listen carefully and follow along with the reading in order to catch the context clues.
BONUS!! • One of the words Lewis Carroll made up is a word that people now use today! • You can even find it in a dictionary! • See if you can find the word! • Hint: It means “laughed or chuckled”
First Stanza • The poet describes the setting and sets the mood of the poem. • Reminder: Setting: Where the action takes place Mood: the feeling or atmosphere
Second Stanza • A father tells his son about all the dangerous things he should stay away from.
Third Stanza • The son takes his sword and goes out to look for one of those dangerous creatures called the Jabberwocky! • What do you think happens next?
Stanza? • I just described the first three things that happen in our poem but I called them stanzas. • What do you think a stanza is?
A stanza is… A smaller part inside the whole poem Think of it as like the paragraphs inside the poem. Way to go! You just used context clues to define the word stanza!
`Twas brillig, and the slithytoves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves, And the momerathsoutgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumiousBandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought --So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves, And the momerathsoutgrabe.
