DO NOW 11 September 2014 ► Find your seat number and sit down. It will be in the same area as usual. ► Copy and complete the following sentences with your or you’re. ► 1. You said that you couldn't believe _________ ears. ► 2. I don't know what _______ talking about. ► 3. ______ teachers will answer all of ______ questions. ► 4. When ________ in school, keep ________ phone put away.

DO NOW 12 September 2014 ► Copy and complete the following sentences with to, two, and too. ► 1. I had ________ many tacos for lunch. ► 2. Can you give me _________ dollars? ► 3. We don't need ________ buy that right now. ► 4. I need ________ study. ► 5. I’m _________ tired.

WORD MAPPING NOTES

MORPHEME A WORD PART WITH MEANING A whole word or part of a word can be a morpheme.

SYLLABLE A PART OF A WORD THAT CENTERS ON A VOWEL SOUND. It has no meaning

MORPHEMES Vs. SYLLABLES »Unladylike »Syllables: Un- la- dy- like Morphemes: Un lady like

MORPHEME Morphemes Prefixes Roots Suffixes

PREFIX A word part placed at the beginning of a word that has a meaning. Re- again/back Ex.- Reread, redo, replay, rewind. Some prefixes are within each other, like: de is in dem, they are different, be careful!!

COMPOUND PREFIX Two or more prefixes at the beginning of a word. Ex.- Unrelenting

SUFFIX A word part placed at the end of a word that affects the word’s meaning or is a part of speech. Ex.- able Word= Lovable

Inflectional suffixes: they relate to the part of speech s es ’s s’ ed en ing er est

COMPOUND SUFFIXES Two or more suffixes at the end of a word. Ex: helplessness What are the two suffixes? Antidisestablishmentarianism. Break it apart, find the meaning.

ROOT A word part with meaning placed at the beginning, middle, or end of a word. It can be the whole word. It gives the word its main meaning. Aster = star

ROOT “Aster” means “Star.” At the beginning of a word: Asterisk In the middle of a word: Disastrous At the end of a word: Disaster The whole word: Aster

MORPHEME RULES 1. A morpheme can have several meanings. Example: “in-” means “not” “in-” means “ into” and “within”

2. Morphemes can have the same meaning but different forms. –Example: »“an-” means “not” »“dis-” means “not” »“im-” means “not”

3. Morphemes can have the same meaning but similar forms. Examples: “aster-” & “astro” mean “star” “flex” & “flect” mean “bend” “mit” & “mis” mean “send”

Tricksters: look like morphemes but they don’t hold meaning –Examples: indigo, inch, indian

M – map the word parts A – attack the meaning of the morphemes P – predict the definition S – see if you’re right

Word map M step prefix root suffix A step meaning meaning meaning P step definition Unhelpful un helpful not aid, support Full of Not full of support or aid

9/12 LAHW: Check blog for homework 9/16 Wordmapping Quiz

Use the morphemes packets to divide and determine a good definition for each word. 1. construct 2. inspire 3. visual (Hint: ual means the same as ular)