Inferring Meaning of Unfamiliar
Compound Words Based on
Context Clues, Synonyms and
Antonyms.
A. Setting the Stage
Have you experienced riding a bus?
Did you experience witnessing a
commotion on your community?
What did you feel?
B. Explaining the Students What to Do
We are going to read a short paragraph about Mark’s
experiences on his way home. In here, you are going to learn
some compound words. And later on, we are going to infer
meanings of unfamiliar compound words based on given
context clues, synonyms and antonyms.
Compound words are words that are combined
together to form new words and new meanings.
Context clues are the parts of sentence or paragraph
that comes before or after the unfamiliar words.
Synonyms are words with similar meanings while
antonyms are those words with opposite meanings.
C. Modeling for the Students
The class will read the paragraph.
Mark slung his backpack over his shoulder and ran. The bus
company had just introduced a new bus route. Over the cliffs in
the distance, Mark could see the sea sparkling. With a smile, he
paid for his ticket and sat down. On the drivers lap there was a
newspaper with a bold headline reading ‘Burglar Caught’. At the
back of the bus, a commotion started up with two teenage boys
arguing. Over the bridge, the bus traveled on until it pulled up at
Mark’s stop. Below the deep water in the canal, fish swam in the
murky depths. Turning down a side alley, Mark reached his front
door and took out his key. From the back lawn the dog
was barking a welcome, and Mark was very glad to be
home at last.
Read the following words:
A B C
backpack front door mother-in-law
newspaper back lawn editor-in-chief
How many words were combined to form new
word and new meaning?
What do you call the words with two or more
words that are combined together to form a new
word and new meaning?
How do compound words in column A written? In
column B? in column C?
Infer the meaning of the underlined compound
words in the following sentences.
The sky was overcast, rain was
expected because it was cloudy
afternoon.
-. What word in the sentence hint the meaning of
the unfamiliar word? (cloudy)`
This is an example of context clue.
- Encircle the synonym of the underlined compound
word.
b. I have read the foreword of the
book “Mother’s Wit”.
( conclusion, introduction, content)
Foreword and conclusion are synonyms, they have the
same meaning.
- Box the word that has opposite meaning of the
underlined compound word.
His statement was an example of
falsehood.
( truth, lies, rumor)
Falsehood and truth are antonyms, they have
opposite meaning.
D. Guided Practice
The class will be divided into 4 for a group activity.
Gr. 1- Infer meaning of compound words through
context clues
Gr. 2- Infer meaning of compound words through
synonyms
Gr.3- Infer meaning of compound words through
antonyms
E. Independent Practice
A. Box the meaning of the compound word through
context clues.
1. I have read the headline of the newspaper
today, it is front story written in bold letters.
2. Mr. Mercado gives a piece of advice to his
son-in-law. The husband of his daughter
wants to go abroad.
Learn Some More
Learn Some More
doorbellWrite the compound words that mean the following.
backpain
__________________ bell by the door
__________________
pancake ache or pain at the back of the body
__________________cake fried on a pan
classroom
__________________room where classes are held
covercloth
__________________cloth to cover
F. Closure/ Assessment
Remember
Compound words come from two or more
words that are combined together to form a
new word and a new meaning.
Context clues hint the parts of a sentence
or paragraph that come before or after the
unfamiliar word.
Synonyms are words with similar
meanings.
Antonyms are words with opposite
meanings.
IV. Evaluation
Infer the meaning of the compound word in
each sentence. Encircle the letter of the correct
answer.
1. My mother and I cross at the overpass. The
underlined compound word is synonymous to
____________.
a. footbridge b. hall way c. road
2. The keywords must be in uppercase because it is
easier to emphasize if they are written in capital
letters. What words in the sentence hint the meaning
of the word uppercase?
a. capital letters b. keywords c. emphasize
3. Manny Pacquiao experienced being knocked-out in
his fights. ___________ has opposite meaning with
the word knocked-out.
a. cheated b. defeated c. revived
V. Assignment
Using your own understanding of the words, define the
following words and compound words. Use the compound
words in meaningful sentences.
1. boxing-
_________________________________________
ring-______________________________________
boxing ring- ____________________________________
Sentence:_______________________________________
2. finger-
______________________________________________
print-
_______________________________________________
finger print-
__________________________________________
Sentence:_________________________________________
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