Lesson Plan No. 2 in Third Year Prepared by: Rogelio B. Lasconia Jr.

Word Analysis

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Arrive at the meanings of a word through Word Analysis

I. OBJECTIVE

Topic: “ Word Analysis”References: English Expressways III Textbook pp. 7-8

English Expressways III Teacher's Manual 3-4Materials: Online Resources

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. MotivationHow can you guess the meaning of a word just by looking at its form?

III. METHODOLOGY

Word on the vocabulary

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Note that the basic way to arrive at the meanings of words is through its roots.

Some Greek and Latin root words and their meanings .

Logos (log) study of

pathos

heat

Suffering or disease

therme

audire hear

flexus

life

anthropos

tactus

dictere

geos

bios

Touch

Speak/Tell

Earth

Human

Bend

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After the discussion on the roots of words, do Activity 1.

Some of the words in the following exercise have one root and others have two.

Write the root or roots and the corresponding meanings.

Then, define the word. Make sure you double check the meanings you gave for each word against a reliable

dictionary's listings.

epilogue

anthropology dicdate

biology

question

reflection

geothermal

tactile

crediblecondition

Geo- earth + therm-heatrelating to the heat

of the earth's interior

Anthropos-humans + logos-study of =

a science dealing withhuman origins

dict – say or speakBio – life, logos -study of

a science that deals with living things

Quest – search, act of asking

Flex – bend; actionof bending

or folding back

Cred – believe, something believable

Con – state of, status

Tact – sense of touch,to touch

Epi – after, login- to say;

concluding section

IV. EVALUATION

Complete the following chart with the meanings of the words. Study the

root of each word and determine its meaning based on the given original meaning.

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Word Root Origin Meaning

1. adolescence2. agrue3. behave4. influence5. jukebox6. kindergarten7. mature8. norm9. robot10. shampoo

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V. ASSIGNMENT

Read the poem “ Little Sampaguita” Natividad Marquez.

Answer this comprehension check.

1.How the author symbolizes the “Little Sampaguita” in thepoem?2. Enumerate are images depicted? Visual? Auditory?http://sja82.wordpress.com/sja-history/

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