Word Detective

WORD DETECTIVE Detective’s Name: Sentence where I found the word: Context Clue: WORD: Context Clue: Part of My Own Sentence: My Own Definition: A picture that will remind me of what this word means to me: Word Detective Word Detective allows students to dissect a word from context to fully understand its meaning. Practicing this written skill will allow them to transfer this into doing it as they read a text without having to write it later. 1. Find a sentence in your reading that you do not know. Write this sentence at the top of the page. 2. Place the word you do not know from that sentence in the WORD box. 3. Find 2 context clues that would help you understand that word in its sentence. Write these in their separate boxes. 4. Write the part of speech this word is within your sentence. 5. Create a definition and a sentence of your own with that word. 6. Draw a picture of the word in the bottom box. Sample: Reading--A female sacculina begins life as a tiny free-floating slug in the sea, drifting around until she encounters a crab. When that fateful day arrives, she finds a chink in the crab's armor (usually an elbow or leg joint) and thrusts a kind of hollow dagger into its body. After that, she (how to put this?) "injects" herself into the crab, sluicing through the dagger and leaving behind a husk. WORD DETECTIVE Student Biology When that fateful day arrives, she finds a chink in the crab's armor (usually an elbow or leg joint) and thrusts a kind of hollow dagger into its body. crab's armor (usually an elbow or leg joint) and thrusts a kind of hollow dagger into its body chink When I take my EOC, I do not want for there to be any chinks in my knowledge about Biology. Gaps or open spaces where something bad could get in Weak Spot Noun