Use textual structure (e.g., examples of cause-effect and compare-contrast relationships) to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish multi-meaning words in more challenging texts about concrete and abstract topics (e.g., After the harvest, we had an abundance of apples, and so we made apple pie, apple sauce, and apple juice). 0801.1.15

Links verified on 7/14/2014

1. Cause and Effect Diagrams - Lesson showing how to think through causes of a problem
2. Cause and Effect Activities and Quizzes - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
3. Compare and Contrast Activities - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
4. Compare and Contrast Lesson Plans - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
5. Guessing Vocabulary in Context 1 - ten-question multiple-choice quiz - self checking
6. Making The Relationship Explicit Between Your Ideas - from UniLearning - Academic Writing
7. Using Multiple Meanings - students decide which sentences use a word correctly
8. Words with multiple meanings - students fill in the blanks from a word list

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