[LIT] vocab / Middle Ground

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we do not do any dictionary work in my high school classroom.  they  are 
struggling readers and i have found the dictionary will not help.  they  are not 
inclined to work their way through the definitions to find the correct  one.  
would they not have to understand the context anyway to find the  correct 
dictionary meaning?  we use context clues to find the definition  because they will 
not have a dictionary to use during a test or the SAT and  sadly, they will 
not make the effort to use one when they come across a word  they do not 
understand when reading anytime.  
 
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-Frederick  Douglass
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