Latin Roots Lesson Plans

1. Better Vocabulary Through Derivatives
...University at _ Buffalo Home_Login_Help _ _ _ Curriculum Educational Assessment Professional Additional _ Resources Development Links _ _ Learning Experience/Unit _ _ Printer Friendly Version Send to a Friend _ _ Better Vocabulary Through Derivatives _ _ Learning Context/ Introduction: Students use Latin roots to figure out the meaning of English works, and create a Word Tree poster. This continuing series of lessons attempts to help students increase both their Latin and English vocabularies by carrying over their knowledge of one language to the other. By using already familiar English words with Latin...

2. Things That Stick Out
...S., and local region Globe Atlases National Geographic cultural maps of regions (helpful to show mix of cultures that often results on peninsulas) Worksheets List of peninsulas and capes Outline maps of world and the U.S. PROCEDURE: 1. Elicit student definitions; put them on the board; then add the roots for three words: Peninsula: Latin: paene = almost + Latin: insula = island. Isthmus: Greek: isthmus = waist. Cape: Latin: caput = head. NOTE: It is appropriate to mention that our words come from two cultures that evolved on peninsulas. 2. Use a map of the local area to pretest students by asking them to...

3. Pendemonium: The Italian Job
...ctives Materials Procedures Assessment and quizzes Vocabulary Academic Standards within your DE streaming account. If you don't have an account, sign up for a demo here. _ _ lesson plan support Pendemonium: The Italian Job _ _ _ _ _ _ Buy this video VHS DVD _ _ Student Objectives Identify prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Analyze word parts to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Explain the development process in defining unfamiliar words. Materials Pendemonium: The Italian Job video 5 x 8 blank note cards, 5 per student Blue, black, and red pens Dictionaries Procedures 1. After viewing Pendemonium: T...

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...students determine the identity of polar species of the Order Pinnipedia. The second activity brings a bit of the background in how scientific naming is done and leads the students into creating penguin Families based on physical characteristics. The students create the Family names using provided Latin and Greek root words as "building blocks" toward names that describe the family members. Rationale Taxonomy and using a dichotomous key to classify organisms are two concepts that students need to understand in Biology. When asked to use scientific names, though, students are often intimidated since many...

5. Where Do Words Come From?
...Planning Channel > Lesson Planning Archives > Lesson Plan of the Day Archive > Language Arts & Reading > Lesson Planning Article LESSON PLANNING ARTICLE Where Do Words Come From? Subjects Arts & Humanities Foreign Language Language Arts Grade 6-8 9-12 Brief Description Discover the foreign-language roots of English words. Objectives Students learn that many English-language words have their origins in other languages. use a dictionary's word derivation notes and abbreviation key. Keywords dictionary, abbreviation, word derivation, word origin, key, vocabulary Materials Needed dictionaries (with word deriv...

6. Word Review Card Activity
...-20 minutes Concepts Taught: Word Study and Analysis Subject: Language Arts Grade: 3,4 Brief Description: This activity is adapted from a Japanese card game called karuta . It is played as a fast-paced review game to reinforce the recognition of words and their meanings. I have used it for teaching Latin word roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Understanding Latin root words helps students to decode the meanings of words. Objective: The students will identify word roots, prefixes, suffixes and match the words to their meanings. Standards: South Carolina Curriculum Standards, Word Study and Analysis 3-R3.2, 3-R...

7. Up from the Roots
...nter Education Standards Financial Tips Free Newsletters Message Boards Subjects/ Specialties Tips Library Tools & Templates See more... Featured Programs E-Learning Home > Lesson Planning Channel > Lesson Planning Article LESSON PLAN Featured Graphic Click here to return to the article Up from the Roots Subjects Language Arts Grades 3-5 6-8 Brief Description Students create real words by combining root words and/or short words. Objectives Objectives/Goals Students demonstrate knowledge of root words and prefixes. develop vocabulary skills. demonstrate creative-thinking skills. Keywords dictionary, prefix...

8. Word Knowledge Unit 1 Lesson 2
...atterns into spoken language using phonics, syllabication, and word parts. They apply this knowledge to achieve fluent oral and silent reading. Vocabulary and Concept Development: 1.3. use knowledge of root words to determine the meaning of unknown words within a passage 1.4. know common Greek- and Latin-derived roots and affixes and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words (e.g., international) Materials: Routine Cards, Overhead, transparency sheet with word knowledge Anticipatory Set: Using enthusiasm I will ask the children to become Word Investigators with me. We will use our magni...

9. What's in a Name?
...he commonality of structure and function (implied but not explicitly stated in the Standards document.)" The binomial system of naming living organisms was developed by the Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus in the mid 18th century. The polynomial system, that was then in use, consisted of several Latin, Greek or pseudo forms of these words that described the features of the organism. For example, common catnip was Nepteta floribus interrupte spicatus pedunculatis. The honey bee was Apis pubescens thorace subgriseo abdomen fusco pedipus posticus glabris utrinque margine ciliatis. This cumbersome system w...

10. Pliny and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
...ture, writing of a journal entry about life in Pompeii at the time of the eruption, oral presentations on life in Pompeii, reviewing of the grammatical functions of all tenses of participles, and using a rubric to evaluate a video on Pompeii to be used for instruction. A lesson plan for Grades 9?12 Latin IV by Gregory King-Owen Lesson contents Learning outcomes Teacher planning Pre-activities Activities Assessment Supplemental information North Carolina curriculum alignment About the author Lead Teacher for Social Studies and Foreign Language for New Hanover County Schools. Former Latin and History Teache...