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Breaking Down Vocabulary. Day 2: Roots. What is a root?. Examples?. Root: . A word part that comes from another language Indicates a word family. How did English Evolve? (video). The roots of the roots…. Video contemplations…. Consider some of these words from our list of roots: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Breaking Down Vocabulary
Day 2: Roots
What is a root?Examples?
Root: A word part that comes from another language
Indicates a word family
How did English Evolve? (video)The roots of the roots…
Video contemplations… Consider some of these words from our list of roots:
To do, to act, low, to hold, to go, to believe, to run, to say, to lead, equal, even, to bring, to make, to write, to bend, to write, to follow, to appear, to touch, to hold, to stretch, to draw
If you had to come up with a collective category for these words, what would it be? (an adjective)
All of the translation of these Greek and Latin roots are simple yet vital In other words, they are not the peasant-derived
vocabulary words that we use on a familiar level
Roots do several things…Supply a context for the history
of our languageProvide commonalities between
familiar wordsGive you clues to unlock SAT
words you don’t know
Take out a blank page and a pencil.Label the paper 1-10.You will see a pair or group of
words on the screenFigure out what ROOT the words
have in commonThen write what you think the root
MEANS
Subscription, TranscriptCommon root? What does the root mean?
1.)
Dictionary, Indicate, PredictCommon root? What does the root mean?
2.)
Sequence, Consecutive, ConsequenceCommon root? What does the root mean?
3.)
Transmit, Admit, EmitCommon root? What does the root mean?
4.)
Deduce, Conduct, InduceCommon root? What does the root mean?
5.)
Contact, Tactile, Intangible Common root? What does the root mean?
6.)
Convene, Venue, EventCommon root? What does the root mean?
7.)
Extend, Tension, Tendon, ContainCommon root? What does the root mean?
8.)
Reverse, Convert, Divert, VersatileCommon root? What does the root mean?
9.)
Stationary, Constant, Static, StagnantCommon root? What does the root mean?
10.)
Subscription, TranscriptCommon root? What does the root mean?
1.) Root:Scrib, Script
(to write)
Dictionary, Indicate, PredictCommon root? What does the root mean?
2.) Root:Dic, Dict(to say)
Sequence, Consecutive, ConsequenceCommon root? What does the root mean?
3.) Root:Sequ, Secu
(to follow)
Transmit, Admit, EmitCommon root? What does the root mean?
4.) Root:Mit, Mis(to send)
Deduce, Conduct, InduceCommon root? What does the root mean?
5.) Root:Duc, Duct(to lead)
Contact, Tactile, Intangible Common root? What does the root mean?
6.) Root:Tact
(to touch)
Convene, Venue, EventCommon root? What does the root mean?
7.) Root:Ven, Vent(to come)
Extend, Tension, Tendon, ContainCommon root? What does the root mean?
8.) Root:Ten, Tent,
Tain(to hold)
Reverse, Convert, Divert, VersatileCommon root? What does the root mean?
9.) Root:Ver, Vert,
Vers(to turn)
Stationary, Constant, Static, StagnantCommon root? What does the root mean?
10.)
Root:
Sta, Stat, Sist, Stit,
Sisto
(to stand or make
stand)
On your list of 27 roots…Next to the root(s) write a single word that helps YOU remember the meaning of that root
Root MeaningAct, ag To do, to actAct
ion
Heads Up:Root, Prefix, and Suffix QuizCycle 19, Meeting 4
Vocabulary Presentations
Vocabulary Presentations In a group of three, you will create
1. A visual presentation (with Google Presentation, Prezi, PowerPoint, etc.)
2. A worksheet for your classmates to do to practice these new words
Then, down the road, your group will present your vocabulary words as an introduction each cycle