Term 3 Spelling/Vocabulary/ Prefixes and Suffixes

See all of the prefixes/suffixes for Term 3 at this wiki page. 
See the dates for your tests on the calendar to the right. 


Non-examples  for our suffix post- which means after:

The word “poster” is called that because it was hung on a post.  It doesn’t have anything to do with “after.”

The postal service is called that because it contains the word part “post” which here means “mail.”

"Post" for "mail" comes from the Old French for a relay station for horses.

Extra credit: When we take the test, you may receive extra credit if you write on the back that the word part "post" as we use it for "mail" came from the Old French for a relay station for horses.  When they sent their mail, it would have been by horse.

December 4/7 2009

December 4/7, 2009
Pick up your composition books.
1. Prepare for spelling test.
Take spelling test on  the suffix  "-ful'  (Except for one class that I think didn't get the study guide yet for the "-ful" words.
careful
beautiful
useful
helpful
frightful

2. Receive a new word part and new words:
"im-" means not 
impossible              
    1 point  Extra credit: poss(e)  = to be able, to have power
improbable             
    1 point Extra credit: probā(re) = to test, examination
imperfect                    
    1 point Extra credit:  per = a prefix meaning “thorough,” “thoroughly,” “utterly,” “very”
    1 point Extra credit:  facere  = to do
    1 point Extra credit:  So, perfect means to finish or to bring to completion.

immobile                
    1 point Extra credit: mōbilis = movable

3.  More About the Book (Historical Fiction background) Research Project.   -- view and discuss sample PowerPoint.


4. Titles 


5. Words By Heart
In your composition book, keep a log about Words By Heart.


B1
B2
B4

A1 page 2 to last paragraph
A2 finished chapter 1
A4 to page 4, "She looked out the window at the calm dusk and tried to believe she would win."




For answers to questions about your November-December book project, see

FAQ's about the Project

November 13/16, 2009

November 13/16, 2009

1.  A Word about Vocabulary for  Author Letters and other Writing
      In Six Traits, it's called Word Choice.

        Read about improving the vocabulary in your writing.
         Receive an opportunity for extra credit.
Get the handout  (A Word About Vocabulary) at http://cavemanenglish.pbworks.com/Letters-to-Authors


2. Spelling/vocabulary  test on "extra-" words.

Receive your new  Spelling/vocabulary words:
 Suffix to study:   -ate which means cause, make, operate upon (This suffix makes verbs.)
Words to learn for the spelling test:
1.    separate
2.    create (on state list)
3.    segregate
4.    dominate
Test next time.
No retakes will be available, so study the words and word parts sets as they come.

Extra credit information for the above spelling list from dictionary.com:
separate  (v.)
1393 (implied in separable), from L. separatus, pp. of separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare).

Origin:
1350–1400; ME creat (ptp.) < L creātus, equiv. to creā- (s. of creāre to make) + -tus ptp. suffix

Origin:
1400–50 in sense “segregated”; 1535–45 as transit. v.; late ME segregat < L sēgregātus (ptp. of sēgregāre to part from the flock), equiv. to sē- se- + greg- (s. of grex flock) + -ātus -ate ¹ ; see gregarious

Origin:
1605–15; < L dominātus (ptp. of dominārī to master, control), equiv. to domin- (s. of dominus) master + -ātus -ate ¹

3. Book Groups Strategy Lesson:  Asking Questions
    Book Groups --  Asking Questions/Finding Answers

Find the handout at Asking Questions and Finding Answers

To get into the Pioneer Library from home, the username is Pioneer, and the password is Time.

November 11/12, 2009

November 11/12, 2009

Spelling/vocabulary  test on -able/-ible words.
What is the general rule for which suffix you use?  -able or -ible?

Receive new spelling/vocabulary for next time  --
 Prefix to study:   extra- which means beyond or outside
Words to learn for the spelling test:
1.    extraterrestrial
2.    extraordinary
3.    extravagant
4.    extrovert
No retakes will be available, so study the words and word parts sets as they come.

extravagant: 1350–1400; ME < ML extrāvagant- (s. of extrāvagāns), prp. of extrāvagārī, equiv. to extrā- extra- + vagārī to wander 

extraordinary 

1431, from L. extraordinarius, from extra ordinem "out of order," especially the usual order, from extra- "out" + ordinem (nom. ordo) "order."

Bookends -- Opening and Closing for Author Letters and other Writing  (
Get the handout at http://cavemanenglish.pbworks.com/Letters-to-Authors
or

Bookends (. . . How to Close Your Letter)

Try revising your letter to the author to make it better!


Book Groups -- What makes an effective group?
Our task:
Read the book,
practice reading strategies and skills,
discuss the book,
help everyone in the group understand the book,
look for questions to research.