VWO - Exam Idiom - Lesson 1

What do you think of when you hear the term 'exam idiom'?
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What do you think of when you hear the term 'exam idiom'?

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Exam Idom
VWO - Lesson 1

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Learning to use context clues is a key component of vocabulary instruction. Students use context clues to help them determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by looking at the way the word is used in a sentence or paragraph. The words or phrases surrounding an unknown word provide the reader with clues. Common types of context clues include examples, synonyms, antonyms and comparisons. Context clues often contain signal words that the reader can use to help them learn the meaning of new words.

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Today's learning goals
  • I can recognise and name signal words both in/out of context
  • I can answer gap questions using signal words

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Signal words in context
Exercise 1:
I can recognize signal words in context

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When I first arrived in Cairo, I really couldn't believe my eyes because it looked and smelled exactly like New Delhi. Although there was more Arabic around me on all the signs instead of Hindi, I still felt like I was suddenly home. 
I always thought the roads in Delhi were the most dangerous of the world, if Cairo wasn't equally dangerous, it was maybe more! I didn't really expect to be in any danger, however, there were a few moments that I did think, well this is how it ends. Nevertheless, I arrived in one piece at my cousin's house. In addition to the roads being similar to Delhi, the air was equally hot and thick, besides the heat was the smell of dust and smoke very similar too.

Moreover, the people and houses seemed alike as well. I arrived at Laura's house and immediately she told me the water wasn't working, and she has no idea when it would be fixed. After all, this was Cairo. Nevertheless I was looking forward to a really nice summer with my cousin. In contrast to Cairo, the north coast of Alexandria would be a lot cooler, so that's where we would be headed in a few days, since they had a house there anyway.

Provided everything went exactly how it was supposed to go (and if Egypt was like India, there is no way it would) we would be headed north quite soon. Of course we couldn't leave until Laura's husband was back and the kids' stuff was packed and that's not as easy as it sounds. Everything moves in its own time here, then again we did end up leaving reasonably soon. Although I thought the kids would want to stay in the car with Laura, her little boy wanted to ride in the car with me. I didn't think it would be a big deal, until he angrily threw his iPad at me. Consequently, he quickly learned that auntie Florence doesn't take crap from anyone. Admittedly most of the time he was a little darling, even so 3 year old can still make you crazy.

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When I first arrived in Cairo, I really couldn't believe my eyes because it looked and smelled exactly like New Delhi. Although there was more Arabic around me on all the signs instead of Hindi, I still felt like I was suddenly home. I always thought the roads in Delhi were the most dangerous of the world, if Cairo wasn't equally dangerous, it was maybe more! I didn't really expect to be in any danger, however, there were a few moments that I did think: well this is how it ends. Nevertheless, I arrived in one piece at my cousin's house. In addition to the roads being similar to Delhi, the air was equally hot and thick, besides the heat, the smell of dust and smoke was very similar too.

Moreover, the people and houses seemed alike as well. I arrived at Laura's house and immediately she told me the water wasn't working, and she has no idea when it would be fixed, after all, this was Cairo. Nevertheless. I was looking forward to a really nice summer with my cousin. In contrast to Cairo, the north coast of Alexandria would be a lot cooler, so that's where we would be headed in a few days, since they had a house there anyway.
 
Provided everything went exactly how it was supposed to go (and if Egypt was like India, there is no way it would) we would be headed north quite soon. Of course we couldn't leave until Laura's husband was back and the kids' stuff was packed and that's not as easy as it sounds. Everything moves in its own time here, then again we did end up leaving reasonably soon. Although I thought the kids would want to stay in the car with Laura, her little boy wanted to ride in the car with me for 4 hours. I didn't think it would be a big deal, until he angrily threw his iPad at me. Consequently, he quickly learned that auntie Florence doesn't take crap from anyone. Admittedly most of the time he was a little darling, even so, a 3 year old can still make you crazy. For instance, he wouldn't play on his own, he just had to play with me, no matter how exhausted I was. 

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Signal words in context
Find all signal words in the attached text
Write down all the signal words and identify 
their purpose, work in pairs

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Write down all the signal words found in the text on the previous slide

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Write down on the board what other signal words the students can come up with

Handout some sentences to students with words that have not been mentioned, ask them to read aloud and have the peers answer: which was the signal word
Look at the words we've collected, can they possibly be grouped into categories?

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Signal words
Exercise 2:
 I can link signal words to their correct category

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Listing
Contrast
Causal
Example
Also
In addition
Because
Since
Although
Rather
Instead
Yet
For example
For instance
i.e.
In fact
As

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Signal words
Exercise 3:
 I can link signal words to its correct category

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To which category does the following word belong?

"If"
A
Comparison
B
Conditional
C
Consequence
D
Contrast

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To which category does the following word belong?

"As a result"
A
Comparison
B
Listing
C
Consequence
D
Causal

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To which category does the following word belong?

"Still"
A
Listing
B
Causal
C
Contrast
D
Comparison

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To which category does the following word belong?

"Moreover"
A
Listing
B
Contrast
C
Example
D
Comparison

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To which category does the following word belong?

"Likewise"
A
Conditional
B
Consequence
C
Comparison
D
Contrast

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Signal words
Exercise 4:
- I can fill in or use signal words to answer gap questions

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Orientation
On the next slide you'll see a text 
You'll be asked to fill in the gap with options afterwards
Keep a close eye not only on the sentence in question but the sentences before and after it. You must contextualise the text in order to find the right words to fill the gap.

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A
ignoring the computer's potential
B
inclined to be distracted easily
C
subject to complex emotions
D
wired for social interaction

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A
consequently
B
however
C
in short

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Do you have a good first feeling of what the exam idiom is?
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