Monday, May 13, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for   Monday, May 13, 2019: There are 13 days of school left.  Get caught up if you need to, and stay strong!   Classroom library books should all be returned by Friday, May 17.

Targets for Today: Students will learn Greek and Latin word parts commonly used in English, so they can unlock more unknown words and better understand words that may already be familiar.

Today’s  Agenda for Monday, May 13, 2019: 1. Students who have not finished testing will go to Lab 224 or the Media Center to complete their tests.  I will let you know where to go.   2. View a PowerPoint about the history of our language and take cloze notes on the PowerPoint. Turn in your cloze notes to the top wire basket for your class.   3. Create a handy magical study guide for the root words you will need to learn.  It will look something like this: When the study guide is flat, no words can be seen on either side -- except your name on one of the side flaps. After you've folded it to form a W and opened it up, half of your root words with their meanings go on these "inside" sections. After you've folded it the other way to form a W and opened it up, the other half of your root words with their meanings go on these "inside" sections.    Magical Study Guide Directions 1. Fold your paper hamburger style and then again so you have 4 sections. 2.  Lay it out flat, and then refold it just in half. 3.  Use a ruler to measure and mark every .5 (1/2) inch.       Make a mark on the folded edge and on the open fold. 4.  Use the ruler to connect these lines with a straight pencil mark. 5.  Use scissors to cut along the straight pencil lines all the way from the folded edge to the open fold. 6.  Weave the smaller strips of paper through the cut portions.       One strip will be woven in the opposite way from the other.  7. Fold your study guide into a "W" and gently open the middle.  On each strip of the left side, write one of the following prefixes.  Opposite from that, write its meaning. 8.  Unfold your study guide, and fold it the opposite way into a "W," and gently open the middle. On each strip on the left side, write one of the following suffixes. Opposite from that, write its meaning.  Do not write anything but your name  when the study guide is lying flat.  That is what makes it magical.  You will all take a test on the word roots on May  22/23.  Be prepared to do well the first time.  There will not be much time to make up points!   On one side -- When it is an X -- write- audi hear dict speak ject throw port carry rupt break scrib/script write spect see, look struct build tract pull vis, vid see On the other side -- When it is an X -- write- auto self bio life graph write hydro water meter measure ology study of photo light scope examine tele far therm heat If extra time:  Book Groups Read  Discuss -- Come up with a question for each group member to research between now and next class.

If You Were Absent: See above.  See CANVAS for the PowerPoint, cloze notes, instructions, and word roots.

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  tele = far vis or vid  = see "John Baird coined the word TELEVISION by uniting the Greek word tele (“distant” or “far”) with the Latin word vision (“to see”). Had the word been all Greek or all Latin, we might be complaining that there’s nothing to watch on the teleopsis or the proculvision." from Brian P. Cleary What other words can you think of that include the word parts "tele-" or "vid" or "vis"? therm =  heat meter =  measure Projection  project = throw forward Interjection  Inter = between  ject = throw  Auditorium audi = hear -tory = a place for pre = before dict = speak What other words can you think of that include  the word parts "pre-" or "dict"? auto = self bio = life graph = write What  words can you think of that include  the word parts "auto" or "bio" or "graph"? Since "micro" means "extremely small," what does microscope mean? Extra Credit: Memorize Poetry  -- You could pick one of these to learn.