—  Highlight definitions to Roots to Learn, Words to Learn, Prefixes, and Suffixes. —  Pay close attention to the words being taught, you may notice bookwork answers! —  Each chapter’s bookwork will be due on Wednesday. —  You need to write words in Quizlet for study guide. —  Quiz on every two chapters —  Test on every 5 chapters —  Unit test on every 10 chapters What’s a PREFIX? —  A word added at the beginning of a word to change the meaning. —  Disappear. DIS-­‐ would be the prefix. What’s a SUFFIX? —  A word part added at the end of a word to change the meaning. —  Worthless. -­‐LESS would be the suffix. What’s a ROOT WORD? — It’s the basic word which prefixes and suffixes can be added. — Can be found at the beginning, middle, or end of a word. — Root word = comfort — Prefix = uncomfortable — Suffix = comfortable “Flower Power” Roots to Learn: —  Flor means “flower” —  Foli/foil means “leaf” —  Dendr means “tree” or “branch” Suffix: -­‐ist —  The suffix –ist means “one who makes or studies.” —  Examples: —  Novel + -­‐ist = novelist (one who writes novels) — 
Biology – y + -­‐ist = biologist (one who studies biology) Flourish (root=FLOR) —  To blossom, thrive, or grow very well —  After all that work in the garden, I sure hope those flowers flourish. Florist (root=FLOR) —  A person who sells flowers and other plants. —  The florist walked out to the greenhouse to cut some fresh roses for her window display. Florid (root=FLOR) — Red or flowery — Juan ate and ate all the chocolate he could find and ended up with a large, bumpy florid rash all over his body. Foliage (root=FOLI) —  The leaves of a plant —  I made a collage of fall foliage using red, orange, and yellow leaves that I found in the park. Foil (root=FOIL) — A thin sheet of flexible metal — I’ll never forget the time my little brother wrapped sheets of foil around himself, and said that he was a robot. PorEolio (root=FOLI) — A case for carrying sheets of paper — A portfolio can help you organize and carry all those papers. Rhododendron (root=DENDR) —  A shrub with evergreen leaves and clusters of flowers —  Dad was happy to find that the rhododendron he planted grew well in our yard. Dendrite (root=DENDR) —  A figure with branches —  The scientist looked through the microscope at the branch-­‐shaped dendrite.