Here is a lesson plan on the Latin word root lingu-, which means language and tongue. You no doubt recognize it as the basis of the word linguist, which is a noun I like to throw around freely in my classroom.
I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on the noun tongue in its sense as a synonym for the word language, as in “Fatima’s native tongue is Urdu.” Finally, here is the worksheet that is the center of this lesson.
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