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Word Root Exercise: Phor, Phore

Posted on January 15, 2020 | Leave a comment

It turns out to be a complicated piece of language, but here, nonetheless, is a worksheet on the Greek roots phor and phore. These mean, variously, to bear, to produce, to carry, and state. As you’ll see from the English words that grow from this root, it basically divides its labors between the concrete and the abstract in language.

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Word Root Exercise: Radic, Radix

Posted on January 14, 2020 | Leave a comment

If you can use it, here is a worksheet on the Latin roots radic and radix. They mean root. I imagine teachers in both mathematics and the hard sciences recognize these roots. They are at the base of terms of art in your domains such as radical as well as some big words related to neuropathic disease.

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Word Root Exercise: Phobia

Posted on January 13, 2020 | Leave a comment

Even though I’ve posted it elsewhere on this website, I’ve not put it up as a standalone document, so here is a worksheet on the Greek root phobia. It means, of course, fear. This root is amazingly productive in the English language, which suggests that there is a very well-endowed fund of anxiety in the Western world.

As I probably say too often, this is another of those Greek roots students interested in working in healthcare–especially the professions related to mental health care–will need to know this root.

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The Weekly Text, January 10, 2020: A Lesson Plan on the Latin Word Roots Bi and Bin

Posted on January 10, 2020 | Leave a comment

This week’s Text is a complete lesson plan on the Latin word roots bi and bin, which mean, of course, two and twice. In the hope that it will hint to students the meaning of these roots, I open this lesson plan with this context clues worksheet on the noun adjective dual. Finally, here is the word root worksheet that is the substance of this lesson.

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Word Root Exercise: Phot/o

Posted on January 6, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is a worksheet on the Greek root phot-o. It means, simply, light, and as you will perceive, this is a very productive root at the base of many English words. It’s very productive in the life and physical sciences, giving us words like photosynthesis and photon.

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Cultural Literacy: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

Posted on January 3, 2020 | Leave a comment

It’s probably safe say that because demand is low for this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the Latinism Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (“Thus passes away the glory of the world”) that it constitutes an adequate supply. The turn of the year seems like as good a time as any to post it, I guess.

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Word Root Exercise: Phon/o, -Phone, -Phony

Posted on January 3, 2020 | Leave a comment

It didn’t take long to get to Friday this week. Here is a worksheet on the Greek roots phon/o, -phone and -phony. They mean, as you have no doubt inferred, sound and voice. I’ll further assume that you realize this is a very productive root in English, with, if nothing else, the word telephone growing from it.

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Word Root Exercise: Scrib, Script

Posted on December 20, 2019 | Leave a comment

As I prepare to post this worksheet on the Latin word roots scrib and script–they mean, which you’ve already determined, to write–it occurs to me that I have a full lesson plan somewhere to go with this document. Stay tuned, I guess…

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Word Root Exercise: Phag, Phage

Posted on December 19, 2019 | Leave a comment

Here is a worksheet on the Greek roots phag and phage; they mean to eat. This is a word that shows up in words related to healthcare like esophagus. So, nota bene!

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Word Root Exercise: Retro

Posted on December 18, 2019 | Leave a comment

Here is a worksheet on the Latin root retro. It means back, backward, and behind–but you probably already figured that out. You probably also already understand that this is a very productive root in English, giving us words like retroactive and retrofit.

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