Bellringer
1. Please write the names of the books that you
read so far for AR this year.
2. Please list your FAVORITE book so far.
* There will be a NEW procedure for making AR
quizzes. You should get a book report form and
do a complete SUMMARY on the front, then
make the questions at the end of the form. DO
NOT ANSWER the other questions on the
form. Only do the questions if you have FAILED
a quiz!
Bellringer
1. What are context clues?
2. Please list all the root words that you
remember AND their meaning.
3. What is a suffix?
4. What is a prefix?
5. What are ten words that have
multiple meanings?
Get your Hershey money in ASAP!
Bellringer-
1. What are four
examples of your word?
2. Define two other
concepts on our learning
map.
Bellringer
What do the following words mean based on
the clues in the sentence around them?
1. The azure sky was beautiful on that sunny
day yesterday!
2. He laughed with mirth as the child ran
around in circles.
3. He waited until his spumoni had melted
before he ate it off the cone.
Context Clues
• Using the sentence around an unknown word
to gain an understanding of the words
meaning. “Context” means the setting or area
around a word.
– Example #1- The vapid, or tasteless, meal had
been cooked in water.
– Example #2- The man heckled the basketball
player by yelling rude comments at him during
every play.
Bellringer
1. What is a context clue?
Determine the meaning of
the underlined word using
context clues.
2. Normandy, a region in
France, was the site of an
invasion.
3. The crowded theatre was
populous.
Essential Question
• How do I use context clues to find the
meaning of unknown and multiple meaning
words?
– Read the sentence
– Substitute other words for the unknown word and
see if they make sense
– Determine meaning
Example
The girl cropped her hair short for the event.
The drought caused the crop to die.
Bellringer
• What are the three steps to using context
clues?
• CHALLENGE!!!!
– Please write two sentences about pirates that use
context clues!
• Example- “Aaargh,” the pirate phrase, is used
in the movies.
Pirate Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci3HQFgqjVE
The Kraken Theme Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fur86y7dQJ4
Bellringer
• You will be practicing using context clues
today.
– 1. What are context clues?
– 2. How do you use context clues?
– 3. What are three steps to take when figuring out
the meaning of unknown words?
Bellringer
• What are the three magic
steps to determining the
meaning of an unknown
word?
Word Work
A critical component of
your literacy
development.
If you don’t know what
words mean, how on
earth will you ever
understand what you
are reading?
Canton
Words
Are
Sweet
…
Areas in Which You Will Become
Experts or, at least, improve!
1. Sentence
Structure
2. Context Clues
3. Prefixes
4. Suffixes
5. Multiple
Meaning Words
6. Latin Roots
Prefixes
• “pre” means before and “fix” means to attach. So,
prefixes are attached before the root word.
Suffixes- Affix or addition to
the end of a word that
changes the meaning.
• -ize
• -s
• -es
• -tion
Context Clues
• Text book writers usually know when they must use a word
that will be new to their student readers. So they often
include other words or phrases to help with the
understanding of the new word. These words or phrases are
referred to as context clues. They are built into the sentences
around the difficult word. If you become more aware of the
words around the difficult words you encounter in your
reading, you will save your self many trips to the dictionary.
You will be able to make logical guesses about the meanings
of many words.
USE THE CLUES…
• “Grab that oojah for me please,” she
said quickly instead of using the
word “thingamabob.”
• Discuss this sentence with your
partner. Guess the meaning using
the context clues.
Synonyms
(Remember same)
• Different Words, Similar Meanings
– Smart, Intelligent
– Pretty, good-looking
– Stinky, smelly
– Old, aged
– Punishment, consequences
– Create YOUR OWN! Do not use my examples!
Antonyms
(Opposites)
–
–
–
–
–
Tall- short
Fun-boring
Black-white
Up-down
Round-flat
Word Work Week
1. Words are an important part of our lives.
Without them, we would not be able to
express love, hate, emotions or communicate
in any way. The most important parts of
words, their roots, carry meaning. Affixes like
prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms
and context clues are all fascinating ways to
change and create different meaning. Define
each of the abovementioned terms.
2. Then, you have 7 minutes to SILENTLY STUDY!
Word Work
• What is an oojah? Use your best judgement.
• What are prefixes?
• What are suffixes?
Bellringer
1. What are context clues?
2. What is a root word and what is
its function?
3. What are five examples of root
words (use the ones you learned
last year!)
Root Words
Four main characteristics:
1. Stands on its own as a word
2. New words can made from root words by
adding prefixes and suffixes
3. Carries the word’s meaning
4. Helpful because there are spelling patterns in
root words and they have universal meanings
How do you make new words from
a root word?
Add prefixes and suffixes!
Example- the root word “employ.”
Becomes “unemployment.”
What are the possible three parts
of a word?
1.Prefix
2.Root Word
3.Suffix
Incorrectly
Word Map
• Please complete the Concept of Definition
Word Maps with Classifying/Categorizing
Activity with cards on the back! Please stop
before going on to the next step!
Summarizer
1. What is the ONE part of a word that carries
meaning?
2. What are the TWO parts of a word that are
added to create new words?
3. What are the THREE parts of a word?
4. WHAT FOR? Why is it important to learn root
words?
1. What are the three parts of a word?
2. Which part carries the meaning of a word?
3. How can root words create different words?
Please LABEL the parts of the following words….
3. unbelievable
4. unjust
5. irreplaceable
6. beauty
 Answer=
ADD PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES TO
ALTER MEANING!

Happy- Means joy

Unhappy- opposite of joy, NO joy

Correct- right

Incorrect- wrong

Employ= to give a job

Employee= one who works
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
How did our ancestors communicate?
Why did writing develop?
What is the purpose of a root word?
Where is the prefix located in a word and does it change
the meaning of a word?
What does “chronos” mean?
What does the prefix “im-” mean?
In what three ways can someone determine the meaning
of a word?
List three noun suffixes.
Name two reasons for the development of words.
What form of speech is the “-ly” suffix?
Answer essential
questions 1-3 on
your learning map
Bellringer
• List as many root words and their meanings as
you can on your bellringer sheet please.
• Please identify the meaning of the unknown
word using context clues.
The girl’s vitality was cut short by her incurable
illness.
Essential Question #4- What are the
meanings and forms of root words?
Please list all the roots that you already know.
Wordsplash Vocab Preview
Table Foldable- Your table
should look like this.
Root Categories
Root Meaning
Examples from Wordsplash
Other words that fit into this category
____________
____________
____________
Assignment
Step #1-Please group the following words according to
their root and place them in the appropriate categories
on your chart.
produce, dismal, deify, vital, abduct, malice,
divinity, viaduct, malaria, vitamins, deity,
reduce, revitalize
Step #2- Try to determine the meaning of the root and
write that in the appropriate boxes.
Step #3- List other words that would fit into this category
and place them in the last boxes in the columns under
that root.
 List
all the words that come
from the following roots and
their meanings.
 Vit
 Mal
 div
What are the three parts of a word?
2. Which part of a word carries the
meaning?
3. Use context clues to figure out the
meaning of the unknown word.
Zoology, the study of animals, is a
popular scientific profession.
1.
Root Word
Root Meaning
Examples
Personal Connection
a-, an-
“not or without”
atypical, atheist
You decide…Is
this a prefix or a
root?
ab-
away from
absent, abduct
acro-
high, tip, top
Acrobat, acronym
ad-
to, toward
admit, addition,
adhesive
alt-
high
altitude, alto
ambul-
to walk
ambulance,
preamble
Root Word
Root Meaning
Examples
Personal Connection
a-, an-
“not or without”
atypical, atheist
You decide…Is
this a prefix or a
root?
Root Word
Root Meaning
Examples
Personal Connection
a-, an-
“not or without”
atypical, atheist
You decide…Is
this a prefix or a
root?
ab-
away from
absent, abduct
Root Word
Root Meaning
Examples
Personal Connection
a-, an-
“not or without”
atypical, atheist
You decide…Is
this a prefix or a
root?
ab-
away from
absent, abduct
acro-
high, tip, top
Acrobat, acronym
Root Word
Root Meaning
Examples
Personal Connection
a-, an-
“not or without”
atypical, atheist
You decide…Is
this a prefix or a
root?
ab-
away from
absent, abduct
acro-
high, tip, top
Acrobat, acronym
ad-
to, toward
admit, addition,
adhesive
Root Word
Root Meaning
Examples
Personal Connection
a-, an-
“not or without”
atypical, atheist
You decide…Is
this a prefix or a
root?
ab-
away from
absent, abduct
acro-
high, tip, top
Acrobat, acronym
ad-
to, toward
admit, addition,
adhesive
alt-
high
altitude, alto
Root Word
Root Meaning
Examples
Personal Connection
a-, an-
“not or without”
atypical, atheist
You decide…Is
this a prefix or a
root?
ab-
away from
absent, abduct
acro-
high, tip, top
Acrobat, acronym
ad-
to, toward
admit, addition,
adhesive
alt-
high
altitude, alto
ambul-
to walk
ambulance,
preamble
Root Word
Root Meaning
Examples
anti-, ant-
against or
opposite
antibody,
antidepressant
audi-
to hear
audience,
auditorium,
audiobook
auto-
self
automatic,
autograph
(Derek Jeter
be-
thoroughly
begrudge
bell-
war
rebel,
belligerent
Personal
Connection
)
War
bellicose
Bell-
rebel
The young woman
became belligerent
when asked to turn
off her cell phone.
Choose any two root words that we learned
yesterday.
1. Define their meanings.
2. List two words that contain that root.
3. Use one of the forms of the word in a
sentence with the root word underlined.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The altimeter in the airplane was broken,
so the pilot decided to land the aircraft.
The woman was taken aback by the
child’s nasty attitude.
The man’s acrophobia prevented him
from standing on top of the Empire State
Building and looking down.
Her role as an audiologist included testing
school students.
The small child became ambulatory and
could now get his own toys from the
toybox.
6. The antidote helped protect the man
against damage caused by the rattlesnakes
venom.
7. The gecko adapted to his environment by
changing colors to camouflage himself.
Be sure that your name is on this paper.
1. Choose your favorite book that you
have read either this year or last and
write the title and author.
2. Write a one sentence summary
describing the plot.
3. Write what you liked best about the
book. (Character, setting, plot?)
What are the
meanings and
forms of root
words?
Check over the roots we are about to learn.
Do you know any of these
roots?
Can you fill in any
examples (in pencil)?
We can cross check your predictions with the
root meaning and see if it is a match when we
talk about the word!
•Root Word
•Root Meaning
•Examples
•bene-
•good, well
•benefit, beneficial
•Personal Connection
•Root Word
•Root Meaning
•Examples
•bene-
•good, well
•benefit, beneficial
•chron-
•time
•chronological,
chronicle
•Personal Connection
•Root Word
•Root Meaning
•Examples
•bene-
•good, well
•benefit, beneficial
•chron-
•time
•chronological,
chronicle
•-cide
•to kill or cut
•suicide,
homocide,
genocide
•Personal Connection
•Root Word
•Root Meaning
•Examples
•bene-
•good, well
•benefit, beneficial
•chron-
•time
•chronological,
chronicle
•-cide, -cis
•to kill or cut
•suicide,
homocide,
genocide, precise,
incision
•circum-
•around
•circumnavigate,
circulatory,
circumorbital
•Personal Connection
•Root Word
•Root Meaning
•Examples
•bene-
•good, well
•benefit, beneficial
•chron-
•time
•chronological,
chronicle
•-cide, -cis
•to kill or cut
•suicide,
homocide,
genocide, precise,
incision
•circum-
•around
•circumnavigate,
circulatory,
circumorbital
•con-, com-
•with, together
•compress,
conjoin, combine
•Personal Connection
•Root Word
•Root Meaning
•Examples
•bene-
•good, well
•benefit, beneficial
•chron-
•time
•chronological,
chronicle
•-cide, -cis
•to kill or cut
•suicide,
homocide,
genocide, precise,
incision
•circum-
•around
•circumnavigate,
circulatory,
circumorbital
•con-, com-
•with, together
•compress,
conjoin, combine
•contra-, counter-
•against, opposite
•contradict,
contraband
•Personal Connection
“Against a
command”
Root
Root Meaning
Examples
cred-
to believe
credible, credit,
incredible,
incredulous
Personal
Connection
Root
Root Meaning
Examples
cred-
to believe
credible, credit,
incredible,
incredulous
commun-
to share
community,
commune,
communication
Personal
Connection
Root
Root Meaning
Examples
cred-
to believe
credible, credit,
incredible,
incredulous
commun-
to share
community,
commune,
communication
cycl-
circle, wheel
bicycle, cyclone
Personal
Connection
Root
Root Meaning
Examples
cred-
to believe
credible, credit,
incredible,
incredulous
commun-
to share
community,
commune,
communication
cycl-
circle, wheel
bicycle, cyclone
dei-, div-
God
divinity, deify,
deity
Personal
Connection
Root
Root Meaning
Examples
cred-
to believe
credible, credit,
incredible,
incredulous
commun-
to share
community,
commune,
communication
cycl-
circle, wheel
bicycle, cyclone
dei-, div-
God
divinity, deity,
divine
demo-
people
democracy,
epidemic
(among+people)
Personal
Connection
Root
Root Meaning
Examples
cred-
to believe
credible, credit,
incredible,
incredulous
commun-
to share
community,
commune,
communication
cycl-
circle, wheel
bicycle, cyclone
dei-, div-
God
divinity, deity,
divine
demo-
people
democracy,
epidemic
Personal
Connection
War
bellicose
Bell-
rebel
The young woman
became belligerent
when asked to turn
off her cell phone.
 3-2-1
1. Write three roots that you learned
today.
2. Write two words that contain the
roots you learned today.
3. Choose the one root word that you
think you will use the MOST , write
the meaning, and list two words that
come from that root.
Root Word
#1
Root Word
#2
Meaning
Meaning
Draw
Picture
Draw
Picture
1. Describe the plot of your AR book by
writing a short summary.
2. What are context clues?
 Use context clues to define the
unknown word.
3. The woman worshipped the statue
of the deity by kneeling and saying a
prayer.
Read Around the Planet
We will each by making an advertisement for the
book that we liked reading the best either this year
or last year. You must make a COLORFUL poster
that includes the name and author, a short
summary of the book, and catchy slogan.
REMEMBER- this is an ADVERTISEMENT! We are
trying to persuade the other class to read the book.
Make it exciting and leave the audience on the
“edge of their seats!”