1. Wednesday November 4 th, 2015 Today’s Agenda: 1.Affixes & Roots mini-lesson 2.Affixes & Roots Group Activity Homework: Identity Novel Conference Form = Friday 11/6 (bring novel to class)

2. Morphology Denotation: The study of how words are formed. morph-ology morph: formology: study of

3. Affixes and Roots Building Blocks of Words

4. Roots Denotation: Letters used to form words. Groot says that roots can unlock the meaning of the whole word. He also says, “I am Groot.”

5. Origin of words Many of the words we use today originate from Greek and Latin roots.

6. Affixes Denotation: Letter or letters added to a base word or a root to create a new word. Two types of affixes: prefix and suffix prefix: affix that comes before the base word suffix: affix that comes after the base word

7. Types of Affixes beginningend prefixsuffix

8. Can you guess the meaning of the affixes in these words?

9. exclude (v) To leave out

10. excruciate (v) to cause severe pain

11. ex-boss (n) former boss

12. front of note card ex prefix definition: out, formerly, thorough When used with a hyphen - it means formerly

13. back of note card excerpt: (n) connotation: -0- denotation: a passage taken out of a book sentence: They read an excerpt from the Miracle Worker in class.

14. Are You Ready?

15. hypochondria Obsession with believing one has a serious illness, Underestimating one’s health

16. hypodermic below the skin

17. front of card hypo root definition: below, beneath

18. back of note card hypothesis (n) connotation: -0- denotation: educated guess, a proposed explanation made with limited evidence sentence: I will test my hypothesis with an experiment.

19. composure (n) state of self control

20. conspire (v) to plan together a wrongful act

21. front of note card con/com affix definition: with, together

22. back of note card contingent (adj.) connotation: -0- denotation: dependent on something else. sentence: Going to the movies is contingent upon my homework completion.

23. Guess again.

24. metabolism (n) all chemical reactions within the body to sustain life

25. metamorphosis (n) change in form

26. front of note card meta root definition: change, beyond

27. back of note card metastasize (v) connotation: - denotation: spread beyond one location and into another sentence: The cancer metastasized to the nearby organs.

28. Let’s try another!

29. incision (n) surgical cut

30. decisive (Adj ) making a firm decision

31. front of card cis root definition: to cut

32. back of note card concise (v or adj.) connotation: + definition: giving information clearly and with few words sentence: Please be concise when giving advice.

33. One More!

34. perseverance the act of doing something despite difficulty

35. pervade to spread to every part

36. front of note card per prefix definition: very

37. back of note card peruse (v) connotation: -0- denotation: read carefully, study in detail sentence: The detective perused the document for clues.