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THEME 9 MODERN HEROES AND HEROINES

FUNCTIONS
F1 Talking about imaginary situations
10 GRADE F2 Expressing wishes
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F3 Guessing meaning from the context
10 I Think It Means…

This activity aims to have students guess the unknown vocabulary from the written context. It is
also expected to help students improve their reading skills.

Materials and Preparation
Worksheet on page 239
As a preparation, the teacher photocopies and cuts out the worksheet as many as the number of students.

Procedure
1 Put students into pairs.
2 Hand out Part 1 of the worksheet to all students. Have them read the sentences, guess and circle
the meanings of the underlined words. Remind them not to show their answers to their partners
and not to look up in their dictionaries.
3 After they’ve finished with the task, hand out Part 2 of the worksheet to all students. Explain them
that the sentences in Part 2 are the endings of those in Part 1. Have them read the endings, which
provide clearer clues for guessing the meaning, and check if their guesses are correct or not.
4 Next, ask them to discuss their answers with their partners and decide on a mutual answer.
5 Give the answers to students and have them check their answers. Give further explanations if you
notice students having difficulties.

11 Examine the Context

This activity aims to have students guess the meaning of vocabulary from the context. With the help of
this activity, it is aimed to refresh some basic techniques used to get the meaning of a word from the
context.

Materials and Preparation
Worksheet on pages 240 and 241
As a preparation, the teacher photocopies the worksheet as many as the number of students.

Procedure
1 Hand out the worksheet to every student in the class.
2 First, explain students that they are going to read the sentences on the worksheet, guess the meaning
of the underlined word from the context, and circle the right answer which is the closest in meaning
to the underlined word.
3 Second, have students write down which clues/word(s) in the sentences help(s) them to guess the
meaning of the underlined words.
4 As the final step, ask students to write the technique(s) that help(s) them to get the meaning. Remind
students of the techniques they may benefit from such as synonyms and definitions, antonym and
contrast, cause and effect, prefixes and suffixes, and parts of speech.
5 Give students a suitable amount of time to complete the task. Meanwhile, monitor and guide them.
6 After students have finished, ask them to share their answers.

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