1. How many words are there in the English language? 1

2. Susan Ebbers 20052 English Words from Greek Roots Increase spelling, vocabulary, and reading comprehension

3. 3 How many words are there in the English Language? Difficult to calculate The Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use and 47,156 obsolete words. These figures take no account of entries with senses for different parts of speech (such as noun and adjective). There are roughly a quarter of a million distinct English words not covered by or added to the OED.

4. 4 Real world demands…. Only 38% of 12th graders are proficient readers in the nation ( National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2013) –34% of 8 th graders (2015) Only 27% of 8 th and 12 th graders are proficient writers in the nation (NEAP, 2011) 30 million adults in the US are "functionally illiterate," meaning that can't read the front page of the newspaper. (NAEP, 2007)functionally illiterate

5. Susan Ebbers 20055 Here is a short cut! Half of all “high-frequency words” (every day words) and two-thirds of all academic and technical words are derived from Latin or Greek. So learn the meanings of roots, prefixes, and suffixes and these basic elements make it easier to learn new words.

6. Susan Ebbers 20056 Content-Specific Greek Terms Anatomy and Medical Terms esophagus, thyroid, diagnosis, psoriasis, dyslexia Studies and Sciences biology, seismology, morphology, geochronometry Animals and Plants arachnid, amphibian, chlorophyll, dinosaur, nectar Theatre and the Arts charisma, drama, chorus, muse, symphony, acoustics

7. 7 Look Inside—Look Outside 1.Look inside the word for known word parts: prefixes, roots or combining forms, suffixes. 2.Use the analogy strategy 3.Look outside the word at context clues, visuals

8. Susan Ebbers 20058 Basic Terms root form: a word with no prefix or suffix added; may also be referred to as a base word inspector, thermal affix: meaningful part of a word attached before or after a root or base word to modify its meaning prefix: an affix which is placed before the stem of a word re-, un-, dis- suffix: an affix which is placed after the stem of a word - able, -ive, -ly derivation-a word formed from an existing word, root, or affix: electric, electricity

9. Greek and Latin Words from Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling arma – weapons, armour dens – a tooth dormio – I sleep lumen – light ludo – I play nox – night, darkness nunquam (or numquam) – never patronus – a protector or sponsor

10. Sirius Black Draco Malfoy Sirius is the Latin name for the bright dog star and the title of the Cornhusker tunnel walk song. Draco is the Latin word for dragon.

11. Greek letters are still used in math and science today.

12. The Greek Alphabet th, ph, ch, and ps stand for Greek letters not in our alphabet.

13. 1.photo 2.tele 3.meter 4.phob 5.astro 6.neur Roots are word parts. Build more words with root words.

14. photo Keep track of the meaning of the Greek roots on your Greek Roots Chart.

15. photo Definition: light Examples: photograph, photosynthesis

16. tele

17. Definition: far away, at a distance Examples: telephone, telescope

18. meter

19. Definition: measure Examples: thermometer, meter stick, geometry

20. phob

21. Definition: 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. astro, aster 22

23. aster, astro Definition: star Examples: astronomy, astronomical 23

24. neur 24

25. neur Definition: nerve Examples: neurology, nervous, neuritis 25

26. Greek Roots Chart Use your “Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes” to complete your “Greek Roots Chart” 20 minutes 26

27. Creation Myth Read “The Creation” and “What the World was Like” to learn how the Greeks believed the world came into being Complete the worksheet that goes with it. 27

28. Individual Work Continue working on Adventure Story or Hero Comic – due Thursday 28