4.3 Be A Poetry Sleuth
Example One
Can you figure out the meaning of the word dismal in the message below? Try to figure out the meaning. Then check below the phone to see if you were close.
Obviously, the field was not in good shape. What could dismal mean? If you guessed a word similar to the ones below, you are a successful word sleuth already!
(Phone images from https://classroomgamenook.blogspot.ca/p/literacy-games_16.html)