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Ryan Griffin
February 25, 2011
Advanced 8th
Grade Friday Lesson Plan
Standards:
1.A.3a Apply knowledge of word origins and derivations to
comprehend words used in specific
content areas (e.g., scientific, political, literary,
mathematical).
1.A.3b Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their
context.
Method:
I will begin class by returning to the Powerpoint presentation
that I have already begun with the
students. The first part of the Powerpoint was a general
introduction to Language terms like
semantics, etymology, morphology, and the like. This time it
will be a quick run-through of the
history of the English language. The purpose of this lesson is
to lead into an activity involving Greek andLatin root words and
prefixes/suffixes . For this reason, the history lesson will be
brief and lacking in
detail. We will, however, spend a moment listening to a part of
the Old English poem Beowulf for the
sake of student engagement and interest. The link is on the
Powerpoint as well as here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/booksvideo/8135302/Beowulf-reading-in-Old-
English-with-translation.html
After Ive finished this Powerpoint, I will immediately begin
working through the Roots worksheet that I
will have handed out at the beginning of the hour. The students
are not allowed to write on their
worksheets, but they will be asked to choose two Greek and two
Latin roots and write an English word
based upon each.
I will take a few of them on the board and we will take turns
guessing what they mean based upon the
other words that we know they sound like. We will do this for a
few minutes.
Then, I will begin an activity. I will split the class up into
two groups. Each group will have the same
assignment, but will be given a different set of 15 Greek/Latin
roots. The lists are on the worksheet that
the students have in their hands. They will be asked to write
them on a separate sheet of paper in order
to complete the assignment.
The two groups are:
Andro, Anthropo, Audi, Biblio, Bio, Cede, Circum, Dict, Duct,
Fac, Fer, Gyn, Gen, Geo, Helio
And
Homo, Hydra/Hydro, Liber, Lum, Mega, Meter, Morph, Omni, Pater,
Patho, Philo, Polis, Pseudo, Psycho,
Rect.
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Use one 3 x 5 index card for each root.
On front side of index card, write the root in the center.
On the other side write the following: in the upper right hand
corner, write the definition; in the upper
left hand corner, write two examples; in the lower left hand
corner, use a word with the root in a
sentence; in the lower right hand corner, draw a picture or
symbol that demonstrates the meaning of
the root
They will be given the rest of the hour to work on this
assignment, and it will be due the following week.
When the students have completed this assignment, they will swap
note-cards with the opposite group
and quiz each other using the note-cards that the opposite
student created. This way the students all
get to share their answers with one another and have an
opportunity to deepen their comprehension.
Assessment:
The partner quizzing will help determine how well the students
have retained and comprehended. Also,
we will be giving a Quiz on Greek and Latin Roots at the end of
the following week.
