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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 6, 7, 8 |
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| Subject: | ELA (English Language Arts); ESL/ELL (English Language Learning) |
| Topic: | Greek and Latin Roots |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 45 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
This lesson provides students with the opportunity to practice using Greek and Latin roots to help figure out the meaning of words they’re not familiar with.
What should students know before this activity?
Provide students with a list of common Greek and Latin roots to use as a reference.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Read and discuss the sample comic.
- Display the words biography and biology on the board. Read the words together and have students discuss the meaning of these two words.
- Circle bio and remind students that the word bio is from Greek origin and means life. Biography is the story of someone’s life. Biology is the study of life.
- Are there any other words you can think of that have the Greek root bio in them?
What will students do?
- Assign students a Greek or Latin root, e.g., morph, aud, dict, astir.
- Have students identify two words that have their root.
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a comic that uses two words with their assigned root, and explains the meaning of the root word.
- Use this opportunity to connect Greek and Latin roots in English to their home language if applicable, e.g., both English and Spanish use the Greek word aud; which means hear; auditorium = auditorio.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students share their comics with the whole class or in small groups.
- Display the comics in the classroom as a reference.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Provide two sample words as needed.
- Allow students to use a dictionary as a resource.
- Adapt this lesson as needed to meet your students’ language levels.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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