Context Clues - 2

Joanne's mother came up to school to get the cell phone the teacher had confiscated.

• used authority to take something

• persuaded by use of deception

• borrowed without permission

• broke into pieces

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Since it was a school day, Denise thought it was peculiar that she saw children playing at the park on her way to work.

• strange or odd

• normal

• encouraging

• something that is extremely funny

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

On the way to her room after having been grounded, Tammy murmured something under her breath.

• yelled or screamed

• a heart condition

• mumbled so others can't hear

• earned a punishment

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

We have rather lofty expectations for you, son. You will attend college. You will become rich and famous. You will be elected president of the United States before you turn forty.

• ignorable

• high

• lame

• beneath

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

One brother is an erudite professor; the other brother, however, has never shown any interest in books or learning.

• well-educated

• elderly

• snobbish

• interesting

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Night is the time when many animals forage for food.

• sleep

• search

• cook

• munch

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My sister loathes broccoli, but she loves spinach.

• hates

• loves

• cooks

• eats

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Although I was unable to understand all of the details of the presentation, I did get the gist of it.

• summary notes

• main points

• generic overview

• recording to watch later

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

He was so impudent to his mother that I would have punished him if he talked to me that way.

• respectful

• rude

• polite

• appathetic

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My brother said, “I just freed myself from a very loquacious history professor. All he seemed to want was an audience.”

• pretentious

• grouchy

• talkative

• worried

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4