Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 5Unit 1Lesson 2

Academic vocabulary and roots

Let Context Refine the Root

Today: Use context to select the appropriate sense of a polysemous root-based word.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.Give two meanings of field.

  2. 2.Use context to define current in current events.

B

Learn

Let Context Refine the Root

Morphology narrows possibilities, but many words have developed specialized meanings. Context determines which sense is active.

Generate the root-based meaning, list plausible senses, and choose the one that makes the whole sentence coherent.

Study the model

conduct can mean lead, behavior, or transmit depending on context

C

Read

Original PRA passage

Copper can conduct electricity, while the scientist will conduct the experiment under controlled conditions.
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Let Context Refine the Root

Grade 5Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.Define conduct in the first clause. ELA-5-01-02-Q1

  2. 2.Define conduct in the second clause. ELA-5-01-02-Q2

  3. 3.Why is one root gloss insufficient? ELA-5-01-02-Q3

  4. 4.Write two sentences using form differently. ELA-5-01-02-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Explain two senses of one academic word using separate sentences.

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