Morphemes: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Learning Goals:
Gain an understanding of roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Learn common roots, prefixes, and suffixes (30-15-10 list) in order to help decode more words when reading challenging texts
Gain an understanding of roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Learn common roots, prefixes, and suffixes (30-15-10 list) in order to help decode more words when reading challenging texts
Morphemes: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Activity 1: Roots Words
Provide two examples of English words that contain each root word listed below. The first one has been done as an example for your. Record your examples in your notebook. You may use a dictionary.
Activity 1: Roots Words
Provide two examples of English words that contain each root word listed below. The first one has been done as an example for your. Record your examples in your notebook. You may use a dictionary.
Root
philos sophos chronos bios haima scribere poesis facere |
English Forms
-phil, -phile- -soph- -chron- -bio- -hema-, -hemo- -scrib-, -script- -poe- -fact-, -fect- |
Meaning
love wisdom, knowledge time life blood write make, compose do |
Origin
Greek Greek Greek Greek Greek Latin Greek Latin |
Examples
philosophy, audiophile |
Activity 2: Try your luck at this Root Word Game
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/root-words/high-school/divide-the-roots/
Activity 3: 30-15-10 List
The following is a list of the most commonly used roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Take a minute to look through it and highligh the morphemes you already knew the meanings of - this will help you identify the morphemes you need to learn.
http://teacherweb.com/VA/ViennaAdventistAcademy/MatthewEJames/The30_15_10_List.pdf
Other sources for this page:
Language Power I. Toronto: Gage, 2003. Print
Gallagher, Kelly. Write like this: teaching real-world writing through modeling & mentor texts. Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers, 2011. Print.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/root-words/high-school/divide-the-roots/
Activity 3: 30-15-10 List
The following is a list of the most commonly used roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Take a minute to look through it and highligh the morphemes you already knew the meanings of - this will help you identify the morphemes you need to learn.
http://teacherweb.com/VA/ViennaAdventistAcademy/MatthewEJames/The30_15_10_List.pdf
Other sources for this page:
Language Power I. Toronto: Gage, 2003. Print
Gallagher, Kelly. Write like this: teaching real-world writing through modeling & mentor texts. Portland, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers, 2011. Print.