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Reinvigorate Your Vocabulary

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in a variety of activities to examine the meanings and roots of word derivatives and the meanings of words. Using context clues, they determine the meanings of words omitted from a passage and complete a prefix...
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Vocabulary and Concept Development

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Considering a lesson on Greek and Latin roots and affixes? The Latin roots bas and pos, and the Greek root bas are the focus on a colorful, animated presentation that will engage your learners and provide guided and independent practice...
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Curated OER

Spelling Maze: Greek Roots

For Students 7th - 8th
In this spelling instructional activity, learners complete a maze to the Olympic Stadium. Students stop at each Greek root and write words with that root. There is no spelling list on this page.
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Curated OER

Spelling List 34: Sight Words, Greek Root "ann/enn," and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of spelling words two times each. Words focus on sight words, Greek roots "ann"/"enn" and academic vocabulary.
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Where Do Words Come From?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the foreign-language roots of various English words. Using the dictionary's word derivation notes and abbreviation key, they develop a list of words with a foreign-language origin, and create a class dictionary.
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EngageNY

Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Human Rights Vocabulary and Common Prefixes

For Teachers 5th Standards
Here is a mid-unit assessment for a group of lessons studying the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The first half of this instructional activity calls for several forms of review. Your class will review the content of the...
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K12 Reader

5th Grade Master Spelling List

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Here's a spelling program that includes 36 lists of 21 words and 20 suggestions for weekly activities. Each list includes common and proper nouns, sight words, academic vocabulary, and words built on a specific Greek roots.
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Unit Plan
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"Building a Word Wall" Roots - The Foundation of Language

For Teachers 6th
Students probe the impact of Greek and Latin on the English language in this ten lesson unit. Root words are analyzed for their origins and displayed on a word wall. Inventions are created using the words and placed in a class museum.
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Greek Word Parts

For Students 8th
In this Greek words worksheet, 8th graders complete a crossword puzzle as they figure out the answers to fourteen clues associated with spelling words with Greek word parts.
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Curated OER

Neuroscience Word Origins

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this neuroscience worksheet, students match neuroscience words with the illustration that represents the original meaning of the word in Greek or Latin. This worksheet has 10 matching questions.
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Deep Roots of Ancient Greece

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate Greek contributions to modern America. In this ancient Greek influence lesson, students watch videos, listen to lectures, and conduct research regarding ancient Greek ideals in order to analyze and trace Greek...
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University Interscholastic League

English Lesson to Prepare for UIL Spelling and Vocabulary Contest

For Students 4th - 9th
"i before e. . ."  Spelling is easier if kids know the eight basic spelling rules  contained in this resource packet.
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EngageNY

Research Tasks: New Words, Relevant Information, Revision

For Teachers 6th Standards
Word builders. Scholars participate in a mini lesson about affixes. They then complete a research vocabulary organizer and share their definitions of the words with the class. They gather more evidence for their research from the...
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Word Roots

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover that for some words, the definition is actually in the word and that much of our language is derived from Latin and many words have Latin roots. They look at the definition part of the worksheet and go over it...
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It's Greek to Me!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to a variety of Greek root words. Individually, they are given a list of prefixes and suffixes to make new words. After creating each word, they use the dictionary to define it. To end the lesson, they...
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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge: "Fleeing Saigon as Panic Rises”

For Teachers 8th Standards
How can scholars better understand the refugee experience? Pupils read Fox Butterfield's article "Panic Rises in Saigon, but the Exits are Few" and connect it to the novel Inside Out & Back Again. They annotate the text, looking for...
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Greek, Latin and Anglo-Saxon Roots to Better Vocabulary

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders review the concepts of affixes and roots. They practice common Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon ones which are used to form many words in English. Students develop an awareness of the formation and evolution of words.
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Journey to Understanding Vocabulary

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine word parts. In this word study instructional activity, students practice breaking words into parts and using their knowledge of Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes determine the words' meanings.
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EngageNY

Close Reading: The Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

For Teachers 5th Standards
As part of a group of lessons, your class will return to the primary text for this unit, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Key vocabulary as well as close reading strategies continue to be the focus skills; however, this lesson...
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Curated OER

IELI 6 Greek Roots Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.
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Worksheet
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Connection to Language Arts-Hidden Meanings

For Students 8th - 10th
In this etymology worksheet, students read about the history of naming words and how words are named. They think critically by answering three questions about the meaning of words, etymologies and the derivation of words.
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The Greek Gods

For Teachers 5th - 6th
What were the early Greek myths? Have elementary students examine the Persian Wars and read various Greek myth in order to identify the cause and the results of the Persian Wars. Myths, activities, simulations, and a unit plan are links...
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Ordinary People: Desktop Teaching

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Turn the pupil into the teacher to help your learners pick up and retain vocabulary from Ordinary People by Judith Guest. Each individual selects a word, studies it in depth, and then teaches their word to the rest of the class, one...
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Tracing the Roots of Modern Cities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils identify several key inventions and other forms of technology that were part of city life during the classical Roman and Greek periods. They report on one characteristic or invention that is shared by modern and ancient cities.

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