1. Latin and Greek Root Words

2. } affixes:to add on Basic Terms root form: inspector, thermal
base word: unlikely
prefix: re-, un-, dis-
suffix: -able, -ive, -ly
derivation-a word formed from an existing word, root, or affix: electric, electricity (pronounced: “der-uh-vey-sh uhn”)
} affixes:to add on

3. Derivation means drawing off water from a main stream
From Latin
de: down from, away from + rivus: brook, stream
English words may be derived or drawn off of mainstream Greek or Latin roots. Roots may not be spelled the same way all the time.

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5. Look Inside—Look Outside
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Look inside the word for known word parts: prefixes, roots or combining forms, suffixes.
Use the analogy strategy—“I don’t know this word, but I know pneumonia and I know volcano, so by analogy, this word might have something to do with lungs and heat.”
Look outside the word at context clues, visuals
The coal miners, coughing and wheezing, suffered from pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
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6. Look Inside—Look Outside
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Look inside the word for known word parts: prefixes, roots or combining forms, suffixes.
Use the analogy strategy—“I don’t know this word, but I know pneumonia and I know volcano, so by analogy, this word might have something to do with lungs and heat.”
Look outside the word at context clues, visuals
The coal miners, coughing and wheezing, suffered from pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Susan Ebbers 2005 19

7. photos Draw a green border around the word on this card.
Green stands for a Greek root word.

8. photos
Definition: light
Examples: photograph, photosynthesis

9. Greek and Latin Roots photos ROOT MEANING EXAMPLES
light photosynthesis

10. graph

11. Definition: to write or draw
graph
Definition: to write or draw
Examples: autograph, hologram

12. Greek and Latin Roots photos graph ROOT MEANING EXAMPLES
light photosynthesis
photos
graph
to write or draw autograph

13. gram, graph to write, written grammar graph gram grammar school
photograph
polygraph
mimeograph
phonograph
telegraph
paragraph
telegram
mammogram
histogram
anagram
cryptogram
monogram
electrocardiogram
photographer
cartographer
geographer
cryptographer
autobiographer
xylographer
paleographer
biographer
graphite
grapheme
graphologist
graphic
graphically
grammar school
grammar books
rules of grammar
grammatical
grammatically
ungrammatical
ungrammatically
grammatology
graph
grammar
gram, graph
to write, written
Greek
gram
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14. tele

15. Definition: far away, distant
tele
Definition: far away, distant
Examples: telephone, telescope

16. Greek and Latin Roots photos graph tele ROOT MEANING EXAMPLES
light photosynthesis
photos
graph
to write or draw autograph
tele
far away telephone

17. metron

18. metron Definition: measure Examples: thermometer, meter stick,
geometry

19. Greek and Latin Roots photos graph tele metron ROOT MEANING EXAMPLES
light photosynthesis
graph
to write or draw autograph
tele
far away or distant telephone
metron
measure thermometer

20. phobos

21. Definition: unusual fear
phobos
Definition: unusual fear
Examples: claustrophobia: fear of closed places acrophobia: fear of heights arachnophobia: fear of spiders myctophobia: fear of darkness suriphobia- fear of mice testophobia- fear of taking tests

22. Greek and Latin Roots photos graph tele metron phobos
ROOT MEANING EXAMPLES
photos
light
graph
to write or draw
tele
far away or distant
metron
measure
phobos
unusual fear

23. Draw a word tree. Select a root. Grow words.
Write words that contain your root on the branches of the tree. Include definitions.
television: box to see distant things telethon: long fundraising event telephone: sound from far away telekinesis: making things move from a distance telescope: device for seeing distant objects
Write the root word on the bottom near the roots of the tree.

24. 1. extra 2. geo 3. human 4. aqua 5. sphere 6. terra 7. spec