Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana, following the path of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC. There is no belief in a personal god. Buddhists believe that life is both endless and subject to impermanence, suffering and uncertainty.

Four Types of Context Clues

• Context Clue #1: Definition or Restatement.
• Context Clue #2: Synonym.
• Context Clue #3: Antonym /Opposite/Contrast.
• Context Clue #4: Example or Explanation.

Context Clues Examples

• Synonym or Restatement Context Clues:
• Antonym or Contrast Context Clues:
• Definition or Explanation Context Clues:
• General or Inference Context Clues:
• Punctuation or Font Context Clues:
• Tone or Mood Context Clues:

Context Clues are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence.

I think anchor charts are great to help document learning and for kids to be able to reference concepts when needed. The five types of context clues I like to teach can be remembered by the mnemonic LEADS. These include Logic, Examples, Antonyms, Definition, and Synonyms.

Tara

According to the anatta doctrine of Buddhism, at the core of all human beings and living creatures, there is no “eternal, essential and absolute something called a soul, self or atman”. Buddhism, from its earliest days, has denied the existence of the “self, soul” in its core philosophical and ontological texts.

What Is a Rhymed Poem? A rhymed poem is a work of poetry that contains rhyming vowel sounds at particular moments. (Common vowel sounds are also known as “assonance”—not to be confused with “consonance” which refers to common consonant sounds.)

Haiku (俳句, listen (help·info)) is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a kireji, or “cutting word”, 17 on (a type of Japanese phoneme) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a kigo, or seasonal reference.

A high school girl who is taciturn and not good with verbal communication, instead of communicating exclusively through senryu, a form of haiku. A member of the Literature club, she is deeply enamored with Eiji and is very fond and accepting of him.