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Word Root Exercise: Arbor

Posted on August 12, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here’s a worksheet on the Latin word root arbor, which as you probably know means tree. This is a relatively productive root in English, though its words tend to be somewhat specialized in the life sciences. Nonetheless, word roots are one way to build vocabulary very quickly if that’s what you need to do.

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Word Root Exercise: Poly

Posted on August 8, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is a worksheet the Greek word root poly, which you may already know means many. This is a very productive root in English for vocabulary development across the common branch curriculum, including, in my own domain, polytheism.

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Word Root Exercise: Dic, Dict

Posted on July 29, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is a worksheet on the Latin roots dic and dict. They mean speech, to speak, and to proclaim (declare officially). This is a very productive root in English–think dictionary and dictation. If you take this worksheet, you’ll quickly perceive, I submit, that these are mostly words that high school graduates really ought to know.

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Word Root Exercise: Pod, -Pode

Posted on July 27, 2020 | Leave a comment

OK, esteemed colleagues, here is a worksheet on the Greek word roots pod and pode. They mean foot and feet. These are a couple of very productive roots in English, and sometimes morph into pede–e.g. centipede. Any student with an interest in the healthcare professions would probably benefit from a look at this document.

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Word Root Exercise: Sect

Posted on July 20, 2020 | Leave a comment

Alright then, as the great thespian and pet detective Ace Ventura would say, here is a worksheet on the Latin word root sect. It means, as you will quickly see, to cut. You’ll also see that it is a productive root in English, particularly for words in the sciences. So the next time your students are required to dissect something, they will know something about the family of words that sprouts from this root.

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Word Root Exercise: Pneum/o, Pneumon/o, Pneumat/o, –Pnea, and -Pnoea (Greek)

Posted on July 14, 2020 | Leave a comment

Finally this morning, here is a worksheet on the Greek roots pneum, pneumon-o, -pnea and -pnoea. They mean, variously, breathing, lung, air, and spirit (leave it to the Greeks to blend the literal and metaphorical with ease). This is another worksheet for students interested in the health professions.

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Word Root Exercise: Purg

Posted on July 1, 2020 | Leave a comment

Moving right along on this rainy morning in Vermont, here is a worksheet on the Latin word root purg. It means clean, and is a very productive root in English and the Romance languages. However, as you will see, you and your students, where words that grow around this root are concerned, will need to think broadly and figuratively about the definition of clean.

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The Weekly Text, June 26, 2020: A Lesson Plan on the Latin Word Roots Magn, Magna, and Magni

Posted on June 26, 2020 | Leave a comment

This week’s Text is a lesson plan on the Latin word roots magn, magna, and magni. They mean great and large and are very productive in English. Social studies teachers know they need not look much further than Charlemagne to see this root in action.

I open this lesson with this context clues worksheet on the adjective voluminous. Voluminous, as you most likely understand, means (among other things) “having or marked by great volume or bulk.” I chose this word for this lesson to offer both a hint about what the three roots here under study mean, but also to supply a near synonym. Finally, here is the scaffolded worksheet at the center of this lesson’s work.

Happy Friday! Wash your hands, wear a mask, stay safe.

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Word Root Exercise: Pept, Peps

Posted on June 17, 2020 | Leave a comment

Last but not least this morning, here is a worksheet on the Greek word roots pept and peps. They mean digestion. Now you know why people with sour dispositions are often described as dyspeptic. Connotations aside, this is another word root that will show up in the lexicon of the healthcare professions, should you have students…well, professing an interest in a career in health care.

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Word Root Exercise: Quart

Posted on June 5, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is a worksheet on the Latin word root quart. It means, you won’t be surprised to hear, fourth. It will also not surprise you to hear that this is a very productive root in English. Math teachers, this might be of some use to you, especially if you are working with English language learners.

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