One+in+a+Million+-+Clarify+Vocabulary

One in a Million One in a Million - Clarify Vocabulary x

Monitor Your Reading As you read use context clues to clarify a word or group of words that you don't understand. Remember what to do? Try the strategy with the sentence below.

**The text says:** //He was grateful for the thirty //**dinars** // a foolish man offered him for the beast. // **Question:** What does //**dinars**// mean?
 * **Find Context Clues:** sell...marketplace... //thirty //**dinars** // ... offered him //
 *  **Analyze the Clue:**
 * Think - sell, marketplace, offered. That suggest ...........
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">Replace the Word: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">//.// //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">.. ////<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">He was grateful for the ////<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;"> **** //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">offered him for the beast **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">. **//.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">Does your guess make sense?


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">Check out these words. **

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