Morphology Games: What making up words revealsTue, 03/25/2008 - 7:26pm christinagaleanoSubject:MorphologyGrammar/SyntaxGrade Level:Grades 3-5Overview:The purpose of this lesson is to raise awareness of morphemes, specifically suffixes. It should get the students to recognize that suffixes carry meaning, and that they can use this meaning to give them clues about about unknown words that they encounter.Lesson Plan:1. I write the sentence The girl was langiful because of the flartity on the board then cover it up before the students see it. We will use this for the assessment at the end. I will number off the students so that they form nine groups of 2 to 4 students.2. I give each group of students a plastic bag with cards in it. Each card has one word of a sentence written on it. The kids need to put the words in order to form a correct sentence. I ask the students to begin the sentence with the girl wasa. In the sentence there will be an adjective and a noun that are invented. The kids will not know what the invented words mean, but they will recognize where to place them because of their suffix endings. They will eventually learn that the endings they recognize are suffixes that denote a category (adjective and noun), and thats why they implicitly understood where to put each word.b. The kids will all form a sentence that goes The girl was_______-ous because of the _______-ion (the list of invented words with -ous and -ion is below).Invented adjectives-gragous tiganouslivanous baltousnalous charousvalgous larouspulous beluterousInvented nouns-nirition taltation pirition lintiontigation palgaationtulation pretationcalation3. The first group will read their sentence, and I will fill in the blanks with the correct words, minus the unknown adjective and noun. I will ask a member of each group to come up and stick the unknown noun and adjective on the board where they think it fits. It will look something like this:1. The girl was beluterous because of the nirition2. Galgous calation3. Valgous tulation4. etc. etc. 4. I will ask the kids how they knew where to put the words they didnt know in an effort to raise their awareness of the suffixes. The kids usually see the pattern right away when they are listed in columns like this. They usually realize that the common suffix is giving them a clue to the meaning, and I will talk about this further. I will tell them that the suffixes they see in the patterns make the words adjectives and nouns, respectively, and I will talk about what an adjective and a noun is. Ask them if they can think of any other words that end in ous and ion.5. Comprehension check: I give the kids a bunch of real stems, and have them sort them into two categories: Those that go with the noun ending (-ion), and those that go with the adjective ending (-ous).Stems:informatconfusactorganizatFabulGenerVictoriSeriMysteri6. I have a stem on a card that has velcro next to it. I use this stem as an example to show that I can stick the correct suffix on the stem to make a recognizable word.7. Each group gets another bag of stems (listed below), and the velcro suffixes ion and ous. The kids will repeat what Ive done in number 6, combining stems with suffixes. This time, however, they have to decide which stem-suffix combinations (at least one for the noun and one for the adjective) work in the original sentence. Once they figure out the correct suffix-root combination, they can insert the real adjective and noun back into the original frame to make a real sentence. With the stems that they are given, there are only a few possible sentences that the students can make.New stems:BeautilovNervFamAtentConformInvestigatGoal sentences: The girl was nervous because of the attentionThe girl was famous because of the attentionThe girl was nervous because of the investigationOther possibility that is not as strong: The girl was famous because of the investigation8. Assessment: I uncover the sentence on the board listed under #1. This is to see if students can apply their awareness of suffixes to a new set of suffixes. I ask the students if they can identify the adjective and noun, respectively, and what it is that lets them know that each one is an adjective and a noun. The students should answer that it is the suffix that allows them to know that the unknown words are a noun and an adjective, respectively. Ask them if they can think of any more ful (adjective) and ity (noun) words. The children might say something like city, at which point it would be a good idea to discuss the difference between city and generosity. You should talk about morphemes, that ity adds meaning to the word generous. They will see that generosity contains a separate morpheme, the suffix ity, which is different from the ity on the end of city. Ask them to take off ity from the word city. If they are left with the letter c, they will realize that the ity in city is not a separate morpheme, as c has no meaning by itself. In contrast, show them that they can take the ity off of generosity, and they get the word generous.Class Time Needed:1 hourMorphology Games: What making up words revealsTue, 03/25/2008 - 7:26pm christinagaleanoSubject:MorphologyGrammar/SyntaxGrade Level:Grades 3-5Overview:The purpose of this lesson is to raise awareness of morphemes, specifically suffixes. It should get the students to recognize that suffixes carry meaning, and that they can use this meaning to give them clues about about unknown words that they encounter.Lesson Plan:1. I write the sentence The girl was langiful because of the flartity on the board then cover it up before the students see it. We will use this for the assessment at the end. I will number off the students so that they form nine groups of 2 to 4 students.2. I give each group of students a plastic bag with cards in it. Each card has one word of a sentence written on it. The kids need to put the words in order to form a correct sentence. I ask the students to begin the sentence with the girl wasa. In the sentence there will be an adjective and a noun that are invented. The kids will not know what the invented words mean, but they will recognize where to place them because of their suffix endings. They will eventually learn that the endings they recognize are suffixes that denote a category (adjective and noun), and thats why they implicitly understood where to put each word.b. The kids will all form a sentence that goes The girl was_______-ous because of the _______-ion (the list of invented words with -ous and -ion is below).Invented adjectives-gragous tiganouslivanous baltousnalous charousvalgous larouspulous beluterousInvented nouns-nirition taltation pirition lintiontigation palgaationtulation pretationcalation3. The first group will read their sentence, and I will fill in the blanks with the correct words, minus the unknown adjective and noun. I will ask a member of each group to come up and stick the unknown noun and adjective on the board where they think it fits. It will look something like this:1. The girl was beluterous because of the nirition2. Galgous calation3. Valgous tulation4. etc. etc. 4. I will ask the kids how they knew where to put the words they didnt know in an effort to raise their awareness of the suffixes. The kids usually see the pattern right away when they are listed in columns like this. They usually realize that the common suffix is giving them a clue to the meaning, and I will talk about this further. I will tell them that the suffixes they see in the patterns make the words adjectives and nouns, respectively, and I will talk about what an adjective and a noun is. Ask them if they can think of any other words that end in ous and ion.5. Comprehension check: I give the kids a bunch of real stems, and have them sort them into two categories: Those that go with the noun ending (-ion), and those that go with the adjective ending (-ous).Stems:informatconfusactorganizatFabulGenerVictoriSeriMysteri6. I have a stem on a card that has velcro next to it. I use this stem as an example to show that I can stick the correct suffix on the stem to make a recognizable word.7. Each group gets another bag of stems (listed below), and the velcro suffixes ion and ous. The kids will repeat what Ive done in number 6, combining stems with suffixes. This time, however, they have to decide which stem-suffix combinations (at least one for the noun and one for the adjective) work in the original sentence. Once they figure out the correct suffix-root combination, they can insert the real adjective and noun back into the original frame to make a real sentence. With the stems that they are given, there are only a few possible sentences that the students can make.New stems:BeautilovNervFamAtentConformInvestigatGoal sentences: The girl was nervous because of the attentionThe girl was famous because of the attentionThe girl was nervous because of the investigationOther possibility that is not as strong: The girl was famous because of the investigation8. Assessment: I uncover the sentence on the board listed under #1. This is to see if students can apply their awareness of suffixes to a new set of suffixes. I ask the students if they can identify the adjective and noun, respectively, and what it is that lets them know that each one is an adjective and a noun. The students should answer that it is the suffix that allows them to know that the unknown words are a noun and an adjective, respectively. Ask them if they can think of any more ful (adjective) and ity (noun) words. The children might say something like city, at which point it would be a good idea to discuss the difference between city and generosity. You should talk about morphemes, that ity adds meaning to the word generous. They will see that generosity contains a separate morpheme, the suffix ity, which is different from the ity on the end of city. Ask them to take off ity from the word city. If they are left with the letter c, they will realize that the ity in city is not a separate morpheme, as c has no meaning by itself. In contrast, show them that they can take the ity off of generosity, and they get the word generous.Class Time Needed:1 hourWhat are your favorite inspirational Bible verses? Yours may differ from mine but here are 10 of my most inspirational Bible verses and why I chose them.Romans 8:38-39 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.These verses are not only inspirational but the entire chapter of Romans 8 is. Right after we see how Paul struggled with sin in Romans 7, we see that the victory is assured in Christ Jesus in chapter 8. How inspiring to know that nothing can separate us fromGods love. This includes earthly or heavenly (evil spirits) powers, angels (fallen ones) or rulers (any one in authority), nothing present today, nothing in the future (nor things to come), not height (success) nor depth (dark nights of the soul), not in this life or even our death. In case Paul left anything out he says nor anything else in all creation. That covers everything, including ourselves. God has no aborted children!Second Corinthians 4:16-18 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer man is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.This may be hard for a young Christian to identify with unless they live in nations that are persecuting and killing believers for their faith. The older I get, the more I appreciate these Scriptures. My body is indeed wasting away. All believers will face affliction for their beliefs but this is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison (and beyond description). We should not be looking at the things that are seen (all the bad around us) but to the things that are unseen, which is the place that Jesus is preparing for us (John14:2-3). This earth is transient or passing away but Jesus promises a room in the mansions of heaven that we do not yet see. If we embrace these verses then we will not lose heart.Second Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.This might seem like a strange verse that I singled out as inspirational but let me explain. Just picture in your mind that the eyes of God are scanning the entire earth (throughout the whole earth) and His eyes are looking for those who are blameless toward him. He is doing this so that He can give strong support to such men and women. The second part of this verse is a rebuke for Israels King Asa as he depended upon the king of Syria instead of relying on God. He trusted in his own resources and leaned upon his own strength instead of trusting in the God Who could have won the victory. As a result, Asa did foolishly and God told him that from now on you will have wars. Even today God is looking for those who are fully dependent upon Him with a blameless heart (1 John 1:9, 2 Cor 5:21) so that He can give them strong support in their time of need.Hebrews 13:5c-6 I will never leave you nor forsake you. So we can confidently say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?This reminds me of 2 Timothy 4:16-17 where Paul said that at his first defense, no one stood by him and everyone had abandoned him but only the Lord stood by him. Even when believers abandon us at our time of need, the Lord will not ever leave us and never will He forsake us. Some Christians in other nations where persecution is severe, even to the point of death, may forsake their faith or they deny the Lord but the Lord will not forsake His own even if theyre the last one standing.For another list of 22 Inspirational Bible verses check out this article onWhat Christians Want To Know.Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.If we look at the context of this entire 4thchapter we can see that Paul is not saying that we can do anything we want or that God will grant us every request. Paul was saying that he can persevere in the faith because it is Christ who will strengthen him. Why did he need strengthening? It was because Paul had been enduring tortures, beatings, hunger, cold, and all kinds of sufferings. In all these things he learned to be content (Phil 4:11). Jesus said that apart from Him we can do nothing (John 15:5) but through Christ, we can do all things because He Himself will strengthen us if it is for His glory.Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare [literally peace] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.God knows the plans that He has for us but it does not say that we have to know. God declares that His plans are for our best (welfare) and they are not for bad (evil). These plans are for our future hope. If we believe this, we can pillow our head on the sovereignty of God. Knowing that God is in control should give us peace of mind. I saw a license plate that said God is my co-pilot. I would rather it read that God is my pilot and I am the co-pilot.Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.This seems close to Jeremiah 29:11 except for the fact that even bad things work out for our best. The Bible has a history where God uses evil for His purpose. That means that everythingall thingswork together for our ultimate good. It doesnt say that all things are good but that all things, good or bad, work to our benefit. These all things do not work out for the best for those who are not called by God. The opposite is true for non-believers; all things will work out for their worse.Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.Taken fromThe Lord is My Shepherd, this last verse has David looking forward and seeing with the eyes of faith, a future that is full of hope. David is certain that he will dwell with the Lord forever or for time without end. This is clearly a reference to eternal life. Gods goodness and mercy is going to follow [him] all the days of [his] life meaning that even after his death on this earth, Gods mercy and goodness will follow him to his eternal dwelling place with God. This eternal dwelling place is the coming Kingdom of Heaven.John 10:28-29 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Fathers hand.This is one of the first verses that I committed to memory. Why? Its because so many feel that they are unworthy to be saved. Some days they feel saved and the next they feel lost. They are not sure if they are saved or not from day to day. How unsettling that must be but these verses give us a mental picture that we are secure and held firm but the mighty hands of Jesus and the Father. When my children were young I tried to see if they could snatch a marble out of my hand when it was clinched tight. Even a strong man has difficulty opening a clinched hand. How impossible it is to snatch someone out of the mighty hands of God! Jesus reassures us that no one is able to snatch them out of His hand or the Fathers hand. What an inspirational image and promise this is!John 6:37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.The gospel of John is my favorite because John writes so much about the security that is in Christ Jesus. This verse is somewhat like John 10:28-29 with the exception of this precious statement of Jesus; whoever comes to me I will never cast out. Wow! What unconditional love this reveals. Jesus will not ever turn anyone away, or cast them out, once they come to Him.no matter what!ConclusionYou can claim these same promises by trusting in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. If you have not already done so, why not repent of your sins, confess them to God, see the sinfulness of your sins, apologize to God for these offenses, and put your trust in Jesus to save you? Romans 8:1 could be another inspirational verse as it says that There is therefore no more condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. If you are not in Christ, you stand condemned already (John 3:18). There is no other way to heaven except by Jesus redemptive work on the cross (Acts 16:30-31) and there is no other way to the heavenly kingdom except through a relationship with Christ (Acts 4:12).