1. Week 14: Narrator and Family Affixes
Reading Bellwork
Week 14: Narrator and Family Affixes

2. Monday, November 28 Write the definitions for:
1. Narration: The telling of a story in writing or speaking.
2. Narrator: The speaker or character who tells a story.
3. mater, matris- suffix meaning mother (matron)
4. pater, patris- suffix meaning father (patriot)
5. frater, fratris- suffix meaning brother (fraternity)
6. soror-, sorori-, soro- suffix meaning sister (sorority)

3. Tuesday, November 29
Write out the example sentence and explain the meaning.
1. The man's sororicidal action shocked everyone who knew his well-liked sister.
2. Sororicidal must mean:
Dude, it’s reading time!
Complete one TCJ while you read.
Remember: Use quotation marks and the page number.
Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

4. Wednesday, November 30
Write out the sentence and circle the words using affixes we are studying.
Societies in which the women rule the families and societies are called matriarchies.
The founding fathers of a society are thought of as the patriarchs of the whole society.
In medieval times, orders of monks were called fraternitas or brotherhoods.

5. Thursday, December 1
Write out the example words and explain what the shared suffix means.
matriarch, maternal, matrimony: _____________
patriarch, patron, patriotism: ________________
fraternal, fraternity, fraternize:_______________
Dude, it’s reading time!
Complete one TCJ while you read.
Remember: Use quotation marks and the page number.
Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

6. Friday, December 2 Write out the sentences and complete the blank.
The narrator of the story had a paternal, or __________ tone.
Narration can sometimes reveal the tone, or the writer’s attitude about the story.
Dude, it’s reading time!
Complete one TCJ while you read.
Remember: Use quotation marks and the page number.
Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

7. Quiz Write the correct definition. 1. Narration 2. Narrator 3. mater-
4. pater-
5. frat-
6. soror-