Codes: AC9E7LA08, AC9E7LY05. Goal: infer technical meanings from context and explain the difference from everyday meanings. Prepare: vocabulary table, Text B.
- Invite · 2 min. Ask: “What does a key usually open? What does it open in Text B?” Invite a metaphorical answer but ask for the literal method too.
- Model · 5 min. Circle “paired questions” near key. Model using context to write “a route of questions for identification,” then compare with a door key.
- Guided reading · 6 min. Students locate branch and feature in B; pairs explain their technical meaning without using the word itself. Check with the text, not a guessed dictionary definition.
- Choose an application · 7 min. Choose a sports fixture, game menu, library shelf or model-shape route. Write two sentences using one selected word in everyday and specialist senses, making the shift obvious.
- Precision check · 3 min. Ask whether a “good-looking” shape is a useful scientific feature. No: state an observable property and a rule others can repeat.
- Exit · 2 min. Everyone explains branch or key in this text and quotes a context clue.
Access: large word cards with definitions in plain English, AAC word choices, partner pointing. Learners can explain in a home language alongside English if they choose; no unreviewed translation is supplied.