1. Introduction to morphemes
Etymology

2. What is a morpheme??? A small part of a word that has a meaning
Prefixes
Suffixes
Affixes (root words)

3. Why are morphemes important???
These meaningful word parts are the building blocks for academic vocabulary that you will encounter in all of your classes.
Knowing morphemes will help you to decipher the meaning for new words in all of your classes.

4. For example…
Chlorophyll
Does anyone know what it is?

5. For example… Chlorophyll
If we break chlorophyll down to its morphemes we can come up with pretty good definition
‘Chloro’ mean green
‘phyl means leaf

6. For example… Chlorophyll
If we break chlorophyll down to its morphemes we can come up with pretty good definition
‘Chloro’ mean green
‘phyl means leaf
Chlorophyll is the green material in leaves where photosynthesis happens.

7. You try…
Write down the list of words on your own paper. One piece of paper per group.
Biography
Scripture
Photography
Postscript
Biology
Supervisor
Antibiotic
Interstate
Using the etymology word list you picked up on the way in, circle the morphemes in each word and write a good definition for each word.
Geology
Intervene
Geography
Circumnavigate
Geometry
Submarine
Homicide
Pseudonym
Herbivorous
homonym
Carnivorous
Voracious