2.  Greek and Latin form the basis of many English words. If you know a few common Greek and Latin roots, then it should be easier to pronounce and to guess the meanings of other, more difficult, terms.

3.  Base words or roots can be combined with affixes (affixes = prefixes AND/OR suffixes) to create a family of related words.

4.  **most important part of a word…gives you the most meaning**  A base word is a complete/whole word that can be used to create other words. P A Y PAY MENTRE GOVERN INGMENT COMFORT COMFORT UNABLEING

5.  The word basement has the word base in it, right? So let’s use that to help us remember what a base is. If there was a tornado that blew away a house, would the basement still stand?  Of course! Therefore a basement, and a base word, can stand on its own.

6.  **most important part of a word…gives you the most meaning**  In thousands of words, there is a word part, called a word root, that is LIKE a base word in that prefixes and suffixes can attach to it. Unlike base words, however, this word part usually cannot stand by itself as a word. Still, it is the most important part of the word in which it occurs. FRACT UREION

7.  FRACTURE FRACTION  We know what these two words are and what they mean.  What happens when you fracture your arm?  [you break it].  Now, what happens when you divide something into fractions?  [you break whole numbers down into fractions].  Both the words have the root fract in it, but fract is not a word on its own.

8.  Plants have roots, right? So when you think of the meaning of a root, think about a plant. A plant has leaves, flowers, etc. growing from it-it never stands alone-just like a root-a root cannot stand alone, it needs something growing from it. STRUCT STRUCT STRUCT CONURECON ING

9.  CONSTRUCTSTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTING  Think about the root’s meaning: what happens when construction workers construct a building?  [they “build” it].  Construct means “to build something” and structure is another term we often use to refer to a building or something that has been built.  Now, how about the word Think about the meaning of “build” and how it might apply to the word… INSTRUCT ?

10.  [instruct refers to how learning or knowledge is built].