Breaking Down Vocabulary

Day 2: Roots

What is a root?Examples?

Root: A word part that comes from another language

Indicates a word family

How did English Evolve? (video)The roots of the roots…

Video contemplations… Consider some of these words from our list of roots:

To do, to act, low, to hold, to go, to believe, to run, to say, to lead, equal, even, to bring, to make, to write, to bend, to write, to follow, to appear, to touch, to hold, to stretch, to draw

If you had to come up with a collective category for these words, what would it be? (an adjective)

All of the translation of these Greek and Latin roots are simple yet vital In other words, they are not the peasant-derived

vocabulary words that we use on a familiar level

Roots do several things…Supply a context for the history

of our languageProvide commonalities between

familiar wordsGive you clues to unlock SAT

words you don’t know

Take out a blank page and a pencil.Label the paper 1-10.You will see a pair or group of

words on the screenFigure out what ROOT the words

have in commonThen write what you think the root

MEANS

Subscription, TranscriptCommon root? What does the root mean?

1.)

Dictionary, Indicate, PredictCommon root? What does the root mean?

2.)

Sequence, Consecutive, ConsequenceCommon root? What does the root mean?

3.)

Transmit, Admit, EmitCommon root? What does the root mean?

4.)

Deduce, Conduct, InduceCommon root? What does the root mean?

5.)

Contact, Tactile, Intangible Common root? What does the root mean?

6.)

Convene, Venue, EventCommon root? What does the root mean?

7.)

Extend, Tension, Tendon, ContainCommon root? What does the root mean?

8.)

Reverse, Convert, Divert, VersatileCommon root? What does the root mean?

9.)

Stationary, Constant, Static, StagnantCommon root? What does the root mean?

10.)

Subscription, TranscriptCommon root? What does the root mean?

1.) Root:Scrib, Script

(to write)

Dictionary, Indicate, PredictCommon root? What does the root mean?

2.) Root:Dic, Dict(to say)

Sequence, Consecutive, ConsequenceCommon root? What does the root mean?

3.) Root:Sequ, Secu

(to follow)

Transmit, Admit, EmitCommon root? What does the root mean?

4.) Root:Mit, Mis(to send)

Deduce, Conduct, InduceCommon root? What does the root mean?

5.) Root:Duc, Duct(to lead)

Contact, Tactile, Intangible Common root? What does the root mean?

6.) Root:Tact

(to touch)

Convene, Venue, EventCommon root? What does the root mean?

7.) Root:Ven, Vent(to come)

Extend, Tension, Tendon, ContainCommon root? What does the root mean?

8.) Root:Ten, Tent,

Tain(to hold)

Reverse, Convert, Divert, VersatileCommon root? What does the root mean?

9.) Root:Ver, Vert,

Vers(to turn)

Stationary, Constant, Static, StagnantCommon root? What does the root mean?

10.)

Root:

Sta, Stat, Sist, Stit,

Sisto

(to stand or make

stand)

On your list of 27 roots…Next to the root(s) write a single word that helps YOU remember the meaning of that root

Root MeaningAct, ag To do, to actAct

ion

Heads Up:Root, Prefix, and Suffix QuizCycle 19, Meeting 4

Vocabulary Presentations

Vocabulary Presentations In a group of three, you will create

1. A visual presentation (with Google Presentation, Prezi, PowerPoint, etc.)

2. A worksheet for your classmates to do to practice these new words

Then, down the road, your group will present your vocabulary words as an introduction each cycle