Lesson Plan: Unit B Suffixes
Grade Level: 10
Subject: WLH/E2
Days of:
Essential Questions
What are common suffixes and how can they help me figure out the meaning
of unknown words
Education Standards Addressed
1.0 Students know and use word analysis skills and strategies to comprehend
new words encountered in text and to develop vocabulary.
1.12.3. Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine
word meaning.
1.1.2.4 Discern subtle differences between closely related words, use
references
Learning Objectives
SWBAT Define basic Greek and Latin suffixes and use them to determine
the meaning of unfamiliar words
Materials Needed
Digital projector
laptop
Vocabulary
Series of suffixes is listed on attached slides
Assessment (s)
Affix and Root integrated assessment
Lesson Summary (details on each slide)
Present note-taking protocol: item/prediction/definition
Guided practice
Review of practice
Present/predict/define cycle for each item
Additional Notes
Other Resources
(e.g. Web, books, etc.)
Homework
None
Suffix Acquisition: Verb suffixes that refer to someone who does
something
Prep a piece of paper:
Cruella DeVille
Mr. Rice
World Lit Honors P. #
01 February 2012
Verb suffixes that refer to
someone who does something
DeVille 1
Example(s)
-ant
Commandant, occupant
Some parents see their teenaged children as mere
occupants.
-eer
Auctioneer,
privateer
Does anyone know the difference between a
privateer and a pirate?
-er
manager
Harold Dominguez is the
San Angelo Texas City
Manager and has a close
relationship with
Goodfellow Air Force Base.
-ier
cavalier
What is the literal meaning of “cavalier?”
-ist
Geologist, biologist
Field biologists often have to get gory.
-ician
Musician, beautician
-or
counselor
Suffix Acquisition: suffixes that make abstract words
Prep a piece of paper:
Cameron Thomaz
Mr. Rice
English 1/1H P. #
01 February 2012
suffixes that make abstract
words
Thomaz 1
Example(s)
-ance
noun
vigil
(Maintain
watch
over)
suffix
+
ance
=
vigilance
-ancy
adjective
vacant
(not
occupied)
suffix
+
ancy
=
vacancy
-ation
noun
image
(visual
represent
ation)
suffix
+
ation
=
imagination
-cy
noun
accurate
(without
error)
suffix
+
cy
=
accuracy
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-dom
adjective
free
(without
restraint)
suffix
+
dom
=
freedom
-hood
noun
mother
(female
parent)
suffix
+
hood
=
motherhood
-ice
noun
coward
(one who
is afraid)
suffix
+
ice
=
Cowardice
-ism
adjective
real
(factual)
suffix
+
ism
=
realism
-ity
adjective
sincere
(honest,
without
guile)
suffix
+
ity
=
sincerity
-ization
adjective
civil
(state of
cordial
relations)
suffix
+
ization
=
civilization
-ment
noun
environ
(area or
location)
suffix
+
ment
=
environment
-ness
adjective
fond
(state of
liking
someone or
something)
suffix
+
ness
=
fondness
-tude
adjective
solo
(alone)
suffix
+
tude
=
solitude
-ty
adjective
frail
(weak,
easily
broken)
suffix
+
ty
=
frailty
Suffix Acquisition: Adjective, Verb, and Adverb suffixes
Prep a piece of paper:
Lisbeth Salander
Mr. Rice
World Lit Honors P. #
01 March 2011
Suffix
Salander 1
Meaning
Example(s)
-able
Able to
readable
-acious
Full of
Vivacious,
spacious
-al
relating to
musical
-ant
relating to
triumphant
-ful
Full of
Harmful,
pitiful
-ible
Able to
convertible
-ic
pertaining to or like
Heroic,
archaic
-ical
pertaining to
fantastical
-ish
Pertaining to or like
childish
-ive
Pertaining to
Reactive,
pensive
-less
without
senseless
-like
like
lifelike
-ly
Like, in the manner of
scholarly
-most
At the extreme
topmost
-ous
Full of
Furious,
luminous
-ular
Pertaining to
Cellular, modular
-ate
To make
activate
-en
To become
Lengthen,
tighten,
shorten
-fy
To make
simplify
-ize
To become
Crystallize,
sanitize
-ly, -ily
In the manner of
Quickly, orderly
Get to the door quickly.
-ward
In a direction
Skyward,
downward
-wise
Like, in the manner of
clockwise