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Word Root Exercise: Cephal/o, Encelphal/o

Posted on January 29, 2020 | Leave a comment

OK, wrapping up on a Wednesday afternoon, here is a worksheet on the Greek roots cephal/o and encephal/o. They mean, respectively, head and brain. Now you know, instinctively, that encephalitis is a disease of the head or brain.

As I’ve now said ad nauseum, if you have students interested in a career in healthcare, this is a word root that will quickly build their professional lexicon.

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Word Root Exercise: Phyll/o

Posted on January 23, 2020 | Leave a comment

OK, closing out the afternoon and the first semester of this school year, here is a worksheet on the Greek root phyll/o. It means leaf, and is very productive, particularly in the sciences, in the English language. You can find it, for example, in a commonly used noun in biology: chlorophyll.

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Word Root Exercise: Physi/o

Posted on January 22, 2020 | Leave a comment

Alrighty, then: here is a worksheet on the Greek root physi/o, which means both nature and physical. This root is, needless to say, very productive in English, especially in the sciences. Once again, if you teach students interested in working in healthcare, this is a word root they’ll need to know.

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Word Root Exercise: Quin, Quint, Quintu, Quinque

Posted on January 17, 2020 | Leave a comment

Here is a worksheet on the Latin roots quin, quint, quintu, and quinque. You probably already recognize the meaning of these roots as five and fifth. This root is very productive in English and probably quintessential to student vocabulary building.

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A Lesson Plan on the Greek Word Root Auto

Posted on January 16, 2020 | Leave a comment

If you scroll down to the seventh post below this one, you will find a pair of context clues worksheets on the noun autobiography and the adjective autobiographical.

Perhaps this lesson plan on the Greek word root auto–it means self and same–might complement those worksheets, or vice versa. I probably don’t need to tell you how productive this root is in English; it is at the basis of huge number of words used across academic domains.

I open this lesson, hinting at the meaning of the root, with this context clues worksheet on the adjective identical. Finally, here is the word root worksheet that is the mainstay of this lesson.

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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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