Harcourt Journeys: Vocabulary Strategies Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Unit 1: Lesson 4 Prefixes (non-, mis-) Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Part 1: Introduce Strategy Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

A prefix is a word part (affix) that is added to the beginning of a root word. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Today we are going to look at the prefixes: non-mis- Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Let’s look at the prefix: non- Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

The prefix non- means not or no. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

EXAMPLE WORDS Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

nonfat means? - no fat Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

nonfiction means? - not fiction Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Let’s look at the prefix: mis- Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

The prefix mis- means bad, badly, incorrect, wrongly, failure, or lack of. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

EXAMPLE WORDS Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

mistrust means? - to lack trust in someone Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

misspell means? - to spell wrongly Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

How did you do? Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott