1. Grammar Welcome to Lesson #24 Today you will learn: 1. What polysyllabic words are. 2. Identify the root word. 3. How the prefix/suffixes change the meaning of the word. Polysyllabic Words: Roots & Affixes

2. Grammar What are they? Syllable : Syllables are words or parts of words in which a vowel sound is heard. Words that have more than one syllable are called polysyllabic (poly means more than one), or multisyllabic (multi- Polysyllabic Words: Roots & Affixes

3. Grammar What are they? means more than one. Therefore, polysyllabic words refers to words with more than one syllable. Polysyllabic Words: Roots & Affixes

4. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Roots & Affixes What are roots? Simply put it means the main word inside a larger word that indicates what the word means.

5. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Affixes What are Affixes? Syllables added onto the root word to change the meaning. They are called the prefix & suffix. Prefix : syllable at the beginning of the word. Suffix : syllable at the end of the word.

6. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Why is this important to you? You can figure out the meanings of new words by learning about the three parts! Let’s look at some example to demonstrate this point….

7. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Why is this important to you? Knowing that the prefix ‘non’ means ‘not’ helps you figure out the meaning of the word ‘nonsense’: something that does not make sense.

8. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Why is this important to you? Let’s look at another one: Knowing that the suffix ‘less’ means ‘without’ helps you figure out the meaning of ‘senseless’: without sense.

9. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Let’s look at PREFIXES When a prefix is attached to a word, its meaning combines with the meaning of the original word to form a new word with a different meaning, but they are related.

10. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Know the common PREFIXES! Before you can use word parts well, however, you must learn the meaning of some of the most widely used prefixes, suffixes, and roots in our language. This will help you learn unknown words in your reading.

11. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Let’s look at some examples of prefixes: Anti (against) Example: antipollutant Meaning: it works against pollution Auto (self) Example: autobiography Meaning: writing about yourself

12. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: More examples of prefixes: bi, bin (two) Example: binocular Meaning: having 2 eyes co (together) Example: copilot Meaning: one who helps the pilot

13. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: More examples of prefixes: ex, (out) Example: exit Meaning: going out fore (before, earlier) Example: forecast Meaning: predicting weather

14. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: More examples of prefixes: pre, (before) Example: predict Meaning: tell something before it takes place. re (again, back) Example: rewrite Meaning: to write over again

15. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Know the common prefixes : Look at the list of commonly used prefixes so you can learn them. They will help your reading and writing improve! Common Prefixes

16. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Suffixes come at the end of a word. Sometimes a suffix will tell you part of speech a word is. For example, many adverbs end in the suffix, ly. Let’s look at SUFFIXES

17. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Know the common SUFFIXES! Before you can use word parts well, however, you must learn the meaning of some of the most widely used suffixes in our language. This will help you learn unknown words in your reading.

18. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Suffixes come at the end of a word. Sometimes a suffix will tell you part of speech a word is. For example, many adverbs end in the suffix, ly. Let’s look at SUFFIXES

19. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Let’s look at some examples of suffixes: able (can do) Example: agreeable Meaning: able or willing to agree ful (full of) Example: careful Meaning: full of care

20. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Let’s look at some examples of suffixes: ology (study of) Example: geology Meaning: study of rocks, earth ment (act of, result) Example: achievement Meaning: result of achieving

21. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Let’s look at some examples of suffixes: sion, tion (state of) Example: action Meaning: state of doing something ist (one who) Example: artist Meaning: one who does art

22. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Know the common suffixes : Look at the list of commonly used suffixes so you can learn them. They will help your reading and writing improve! Common Suffixes

23. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Roots & Affixes How do you recognize root words? Knowing the root word-especially a difficult word-can help you understand the meaning of the larger word when you are familiar with prefixes and suffixes.

24. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Roots & Affixes How do you recognize root words? Look for the word you know attached to a prefix or suffix? Look at these words: Ant acid : bitter or sour New meaning with prefix: not sour or bitter.

25. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Roots & Affixes How do you recognize root words? Look for the word you know: Acrophopia: fear New meaning with prefix: fear of high places export: to carry New meaning with prefix: carry out.

26. Grammar Polysyllabic Words: Roots & Affixes Can you find roots and affixes in your reading this week? Genesis 18:1-15 Enter them into your journal.

27. Putting it into Practice: Grammar Read the following passage: Genesis 5:1-15, The Message Respond in your journal on the following: 1.What is the main idea of this passage?

28. Grammar (Make sure you support your opinion by using the text) 2. Edit your journal entry for sentence structure and sentence lengths. 3. Record words you had trouble with. Use context clues /dictionary.

29. Good-Bye, until next time! I look forward to teaching you about Antonyms & Synonyms in lesson 25. Until then, keep practicing and remember to enjoy reading while you do the CROPQV! Keep your prefix and suffix list handy. They will help you with unknown words!